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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
2nd Jan, 2018 02:14:07 PM
One of the Wind on Fire series?
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RedScharlach
Since: Jul, 2016
2nd Jan, 2018 03:46:23 PM
I think Jormis29 is right — it's The Wind Singer, the first in William Nicholson's Wind On Fire trilogy.
dorumon210
Since: Dec, 2017
3rd Jan, 2018 06:18:16 PM
This does sound like it's the right book. I didn't know it was a series. I'll have to check it out. :)
I only got to read the first chapter or so of this book back in junior high but hopefully I know enough for someone to find it. It takes place in a city in the middle of a desert. The city is built around a central well. The class system revolves around intelligence with each class sorted by colour. The smarter a person or their family is, the closer to the well they live and the better their overall living conditions are. The highest class was either white or maroon, with the lowest class being grey. The child protagonists are twins from orange class (or blue, I think those classes were beside each other on the scale) and they had twin telepathy. They lived with their mom and baby sister. At their school, the class seating arrangement was dependent on grades, with smarter kids closer to the front.