Wilder Girls
Wilder Girls by Rory Power, published by Random House Children’s Books on July 9, 2019, is a young adult fiction novel that explores the lives of three best friends living in quarantine at their island boarding school. The story unfolds eighteen months after the Raxter School for Girls has been placed under lockdown due to a mysterious infection known as the Tox, which has begun to alter the students’ bodies and lives. As the girls grapple with their confinement and the dangers lurking beyond the school’s fence, they await a promised cure while facing the unsettling reality of their situation.
In this edition, readers will find a narrative that delves into themes of friendship, survival, and the quest for truth amid chaos. When one of the girls, Byatt, goes missing, Hetty’s determination to find her leads to a harrowing journey that challenges the boundaries of their isolated existence. The novel combines elements of science fiction with a feminist perspective, offering a fresh take on the classic survival story. With 368 pages, this edition presents a thought-provoking exploration of identity and resilience in the face of an unknown threat.
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“The perfect kind of story for our current era.”—Hypable
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From the author of Burn Our Bodies Down, a feminist Lord of the Flies about three best friends living in quarantine at their island boarding school, and the lengths they go to uncover the truth of their confinement when one disappears. This fresh debut is a mind-bending novel unlike anything you’ve read before.
It’s been eighteen months since the Raxter School for Girls was put under quarantine. Since the Tox hit and pulled Hetty’s life out from under her.
It started slow. First the teachers died one by one. Then it began to infect the students, turning their bodies strange and foreign. Now, cut off from the rest of the world and left to fend for themselves on their island home, the girls don’t dare wander outside the school’s fence, where the Tox has made the woods wild and dangerous. They wait for the cure they were promised as the Tox seeps into everything.
But when Byatt goes missing, Hetty will do anything to find her, even if it means breaking quarantine and braving the horrors that lie beyond the fence. And when she does, Hetty learns that there’s more to their story, to their life at Raxter, than she could have ever thought true.
And don’t miss Rory Power’s second novel, Burn Our Bodies Down!
Praise for Wilder Girls:
4 STARRED REVIEWS!
“Take Annihilation, add a dash of Contagion, set it at an all-girls’ academy, and you’ll arrive at Rory Power’s occasionally shocking and always gripping Wilder Girls.“—Refinery29
“This thrilling saga…is sure to be one of the season’s most talked-about books, in any genre.”—EW
“Fresh and horrible and beautiful….readers will be consumed and altered by Wilder Girls.”—NPR
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