Ration is a dark and forceful book, written in a surprisingly nuanced and accessible way. It combines the darkness and despair of The Road and The Handmaid's Tale, but has notes of charm like Lauren Oliver's Replica. The girls who live in the Apartments are forced to weigh their own hunger against the lives of the others in the building. When Cynthia is wrongly accused of ordering an "A" ration, she is punished. She is forced to leave the Apartments and encounters a world of even more scarcity, politics and intrigue. Starting at $5.24 Apex Book Company / Kindle / Nook / Kobo / Apple /