The Program

Suzanne Young

Book 1 of The Program

In a near-future world where teen suicide has become an epidemic, Sloane hides her grief over her brother's death and her forbidden relationship with James, knowing that any sign of depression could get her taken by The Program, a government-run treatment that wipes clean the memories of anyone it 'cures.' As friends disappear into treatment and return as strangers to their own lives, Sloane and James fight to stay together and keep their feelings secret before The Program catches up to them. The story is tense and emotionally heavy, exploring grief, mental health stigma, and the cost of forced forgetting rather than offering a typical dystopian action plot.