Independent Study (The Testing #2) by Joelle Charbonneau HCDJ VERY GOODHardcover with dust jacket in Very Good condition. In the series debut The Testing, sixteen year old Cia Vale was chosen by the United Commonwealth government as one of the best and brightest graduates of all the colonies . . . a promising leader in the effort to revitalize postwar civilization. In Independent Study, Cia is a freshman at the University in Tosu City with her hometown sweetheart, Tomasand though the government has tried to erase her