The document provides a summary of the book "Starters" by Lissa Price. It discusses the plot, which involves two siblings, Callie and Tyler, who are trying to survive in a future where most adults have died from a disease. Callie decides to become a donor at Prime Destinations, renting out her body, in order to earn money for Tyler's medical treatment. However, she discovers that Prime Destinations has sinister plans. The summary provides descriptions of the main characters, supporting characters, vocabulary words introduced in the book, potential actors for a film adaptation, a suggested soundtrack song, the reviewer's rating of the book, and recommendations for similar books.

1. STARTERS
By: Lissa Price
Madison McGivney
Reading- Miss Roche
Period 5
5-11-12

2. Lissa Price: Biography
 Lissa Price is the author of the book STARTERS. She is
living in the foothills of Southern California. She studied
photography and writing. She has done many amazing
things in her life. For instance, she walked with
elephants in Botswana, swam with penguins in the
Galapagos, and she had tea with the most famous living
socialite in Kyoto. All of her journeys inspired her to
write a book.

3. Summary
 Callie and her brother Tyler lost there parents during the
Spore Wars ( which killed everyone who was not vaccinated
with deadly spores). The Spore Wars wiped out everyone
between the ages of twenty and sixty. Now they are running
for their lives. The food is not always easy to find and to
make matters worse, Tyler has come down with a cold that
may take his life because they had no money for medicine.
With no money, the only solution is to go to Prime
Destinations and be a donor, which is to give some else your
body to do what ever you want. Life is good until Callie
figures out that her renter want to do more than party and
that Prime Destinations plans are way more evil than she ever
imagined. Can Callie stop Prime Destinations from
succeeding? Can she save her brother and her friends? Read
the book to find out.

4. Characters
Main Characters
1. Callie- narrator of the book, donor, has to take care of
her little brother, has to get money soon, needs to
stop Prime Destinations
2. Michael- helps Callie with Tyler, Protector, he would
give up his life to save Callie and Tyler, he becomes a
donor himself to get more money
3. Old Man- Head of Prime Destination, he is planning to
do something very bad to the donors ( kids), never
shows his face, very secretive
4. Helena- renter, Plans to stop Prime Destination by
renting Callie’s body, gets killed trying, tells Callie
what to do in order to stop Prime Destinations

5. Characters (continued)
Minor Characters
1. Doris- Callie’s makeup artist, hired to spy on Callie,
2. Terry- thoughtful, nice, he helped Callie when she was
fighting Prime Destinations
3. Tyler- Callie’s brother, kind, has a cold
4. Sarah- helped Callie escape Institution 37
5. Madison- Callie first friend. She is wild and loves to
have fun
6. Mr. Tinnenbaum- manager of Prime Destinations

6. Plot
 Introduction
- Meet Callie, Tyler, and Michael
- Setting: Beverly Hills, California (they live in abandoned
buildings)
 Rising Action
- Callie is at Prime Destinations to see what it is and what it is
like
- The building that Callie, Michael, and Tyler are staying in is
burning down and they almost got caught by the marshals
- Tyler falls ill and Callie needs money to buy him medicine so
she decides to become a donor.

7. Plot (continued)
 Climax
- Callie starts her third rental when the chip in her head
that keeps her body asleep malfunctions and she is no
longer unaware what is going on with her renter.
 Falling Action
- Callie finds out what Prime Destinations is really up to.
- She gets a group of people to help her stop Prime
Destinations
- Callie gets sent to Institution 37 for an attempt to
murder the senator.

8. Plot (continued)
 Conclusion
-Callie escapes from Institution 37
- She finds her brother
- Temporarily stops Prime Destinations, but they will be
back
- Helena ( Callie’s renter) left Callie one of her houses to
keep before she died.
- Callie and Tyler live happily in their new home… for
now.

9. Vocabulary
 Prime Destinations- n. The place where Starters (kids) rent their bodies to Enders
for money. Pg. 111
I put it on next to the bracelet on my wrist, the one Doris at Prime Destinations had
given to me.
 Enders- n. The vaccinated old people that survived the Spore Wars. They rent
bodies to make themselves young again. Pg. 1
Enders gave me the creeps.
 Squatting- v. living in a temporary home with no one knowing you are there. Pg. 22
“Squatting is trespassing.”
 Zip Taser- n. A device that the marshals use to take down people. A teaser pg. 25
The side off is neck was burnt black from the Zip Taser.
 Starters- n. The vaccinated young people that survived the Spore Wars. They are
also the kids who donate their bodies for money. Pg. 189
Two younger Starters where leaning on the car.

10. Josh Hutcherson as: Michael
Actors
Jennifer Lawrence as: Callie
Frank or Morgan Gingerich as: Tyler

11. Actors (continued)
Doris Roberts as the voice of: Helena
Donald Sutherland as: Old Man
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as: Terry

12. Actors (continued) Elle Fanning as: Sarah
Sofia Vergara: as Doris
Sarah Hyland as: Madison

13. Actors
Ty Berrell as: Mr.Tinnentaum

14. Soundtrack Song
They scene where Callie chip malfunctions and she figures out what Prime Is
really going to do. She is fighting for Helen, Tyler, and all of the kids who are
going to rent their bodies to Prim Destinations.
"Who Am I Living For?”
Yeah eh yeah yeah
I can feel a phoenix inside of me
As I march alone to a different beat
Slowly swallowing down my fear, yeah yeah
I am ready for the road less traveled
Suiting up for my crowning battle
This test is my own cross to bare
But I will get there
It's never easy to be chosen, never easy to be called
Standing on the frontline when the bombs start to fall
I can see the heavens but I still hear the flames
Calling out my name
I can see the writing on the wall
I can't ignore this war
At the eh-end of it all

15. Rating
I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars. The Characters had good
personalities and were fun to read about. The book, however,
was kind of slow and sometimes I would lose interest. At some
parts it could be very similar to the Hunger Games which was
enjoyable. Other than that I thought it was a great book.

16. Recommendations
 The Hunger Games
 Legend
 The Mortal Instruments series
 The Maze Runner series