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3	At age 14, Ren Sharpe is kidnapped by the FATE center, a secret government program. Over four years, she is trained as a Shadow. Shadows guard people who will become leaders or make important discoveries in the future. FATE knows this because they've invented technology to see into the future. Ren is assigned to protect college student Gareth Young. This book by Creator/JoeShine was published in 2014.
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5	!!''I Become Shadow'' contains examples of:
6	* ActionGirl: Ren became a deadly and effective fighter after four years of training.
7	* BattleCouple: Ren and Junie are both fierce Shadows, and a couple.
8	* BecomingTheMask: Early on in her training, Ren panics and tries to run. She charges into [[SadistTeacher Cole]], and the others assumed she was attacking him. Because of that, she gets a reputation as a fierce fighter that she learns to live up to.
9	* BladeEnthusiast: Though she's proficient with many weapons, knives are Ren's favorite.
10	* FeelNoPain: The Shadows are given a treatment that stops them from feeling pain.
11	* FightingFingerprint: When Gareth is attacked by kidnappers, Ren realizes from their fighting style that [[spoiler: the kidnappers are actually Shadows.]]
12	* FirstPersonSmartass: Ren. She constantly gives sarcastic commentary in her narration.
13	->The world is annoyingly too small sometimes - and I imagine that's especially true at college.
14	* InMediasRes: It starts after the training, when Ren is about to get her assignment. Flashbacks show the reader what happened previously.
15	* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Invoked. FATE scares the first-years by "killing" one of them for disobeying. (Actually a Shadow, who doesn't actually die.) Pretending to be killed by the teachers is actually part of the final exam for a Shadow.
16	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Ren" is short for "Rennes".
17	* TomboyishName: Ren mentions that she's not fond of her name, because it sounds like a boy's name.
18	* TookALevelInBadass: Ren goes from a terrified fourteen year old to a lethal killer.
19	* TrainingFromHell: The Shadow training is very intense. Many get injured, die, or go insane.
20	* TrainingMontage: In chapter 10, there's a montage of Ren's Shadow training.
21	->Okay, so let's imagine we're in a movie, and this is the sweet montage sequence in the middle of it.

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