"A teenage girl torn from her family must survive a series of deadly trials to earn her place in a dangerous school of magic"-- Provided by publisher.
You don't choose The Academy; it chooses you. But being accepted into an elite school of magic, monsters, and assassins mean fighting your way through the Culling Trials to claim your right to be taught. Wild's older brother was chosen three years ago-- and never came back. Now her younger brother has been chosen... and if he doesn't go, their entire family will be killed. Wild has no choice: she binds her breasts, chops off her hair, and takes his place. In a dangerous world where no one is as they seem, the golden rule is simple: Trust no one. -- adapted from jacket