The Kill Factor
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The Kill Factor by Ben Oliver | Free Audiobook

By Ben Oliver

Narrated by Brittany Pressley

🎧 9 hours and 17 minutes 📘 Scholastic Audio 📅 April 2, 2024 🌐 English
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About This Audiobook

Fifty contestants. Five mental and physical challenges. One winner.

In a near-future where a virtual currency of digital content fuels a fame-hungry society, a brand-new experiment that combines social media and reality TV has been greenlit.

Voted on, and contestants are sent to a maximum-security reform camp on an island where they can have no contact with the outside world. To lose means prison. But to win is to be free. The most popular young offender with the most upvotes by the end is given both a second chance in society and a cash prize.

This kind of money could mean everything to Emerson and her family who live in the Burrows, one of the subterranean villages where the government have buried affordable housing. It’s more than freedom. It could mean the chance to change her family’s circumstance and finally find a place in the society they’ve never been allowed into.

But what Emerson doesn’t know, what the viewers don’t know, is that the prison on the island is empty. Those who lose, those who are voted off aren’t incarcerated. Each challenge will leave more and more contestants to die. And the only choice they have is to win over viewers before it’s too late.

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Our Review of The Kill Factor

The Kill Factor is a compelling YA listen that captures the intensity of growing up. Ben Oliver creates characters that feel real and relatable. The audiobook format brings their world to life with emotional depth.

Why Listen to The Kill Factor as an Audiobook?

Listening to The Kill Factor creates a personal connection with the characters. Brittany Pressley delivers a stellar narration that brings the story to life. At 9 hours and 17 minutes, it is the perfect length to fully immerse yourself. The audio format amplifies every emotional beat of this coming-of-age story.

What You Will Discover

Ben Oliver captures the magic and intensity of young adulthood. Fifty contestants. Five mental and physical challenges. One winner. In a near-future where a virtual currency of digital content fuels a fame-hungry… A YA story that stays with you.

Who Is This Audiobook For?

Teens, young adults, and anyone who loves YA fiction will enjoy The Kill Factor. Fans of Ben Oliver and coming-of-age stories, this is your next listen.

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What Listeners Are Saying

★★★★★

Mix of Hunger Games and Under the Dome!

Emerson lives in the Burrows, the poorest part of the city, with her young brother and oblivious father. She steals money to buy food for her brother Kester, who is nine, deaf, and has genius level intelligence. She’s apprehended for starting a fire at the school she was robbing and…

– Delta High School Library
★★★★☆

Shocking

In a world where popularity equals success, Emerson Ness does what she has to do to give a life for her brother.She enters a reality show to get her charges of 15+ years in jail dropped and for the popularity that will give her and her family the life they…

– Dario
★★★★★

A Masterpeice of Dystopian Literature

Ben Oliver does it again. This book is just incredible. I could read it over and over again and I wouldn't stop rooting for the characters, wishing for a happy outcome, or dropping my jaw at the ending. I can't wait to see what happens next.

– Aubrey
★★★★★

Reality TV can be deadly

Okay let me first say that if you’re looking for something wildly original…this isn’t the book for you. If you’re a fan The Hunger Games or Battle Royale and are looking for a fun new adventure that is similar and yet adds a few different twists then step right up….

– Amazon Customer
★★★★★

Nice book

New and good communication

– Amjad abbas
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