PANIC by Lauren Oliver ( Chapter 1)

From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver comes an extraordinary novel of fear, friendship, courage, and hope. Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a deadend town of twelve thousand people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do. Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher. She d never thought of herself as fearless, the kind