'You know how it works. Everyone cooperates. Everyone wants a victim,
Sally...and now it's your turn. Now you're Shadow's victim, Shadow's dud for the
year. We'll assign you duties and you'll perform them. When we pull your leash,
you'll come.'15-year-old Sally Hanson's school is secretly ruled by a group of
students known as the 'Shadow Council'. At the beginning of every school year,
the Shadow Council hold The Lottery, an infamous ritual in which a student is
chosen to be the year's 'victim' - a person who is shunned by the entire school
and forced to obey the Shadow Council's every wish. This year Sally is