Wilder Girls

by Power, Rory
ISBN: 9780525645610
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Celebrates the resilience of girls and the earthshaking power of their friendships. An eerie, unforgettable triumph." --Claire Legrand, New York Times bestselling author of Furyborn

"Wilder Girls is so sharp and packs so much emotion in such wise ways. I'm convinced we're about to witness the emergence of a major new literary star." --Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation

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

"Fresh and horrible and beautiful....readers will be consumed and altered by Wilder Girls."-NPR

"This thrilling saga...is sure to be one of the season's most talked-about books, in any genre."--EW

"The perfect kind of story for our current era."--Hypable

"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

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Power, Rory
  • ISBN: 9780525645610
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.10 x 1.10
  • Number Of Pages: 400
  • Publication Year: 2020

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  • Epidemic of unknown origin takes on an all girls school

    Silviya A. - 2 years 6 months ago

    An interesting take on a quarantined island (trapped and dying). As a virus keeps spreading throughout the teenage girls, making them mutate in unexpected ways, the girls and whoever has remained alive from the staff try to make the most out of a bad situation. Hidden truths keep piling up as the girls uncover more than what they'd expect about the island, the school they are attending, and the virus that keeps taking their lives. A determined protagonist, ready to save the ones she loves and willing to risk everything, Hetty, is facing decision after decision while struggling with guilt as she can't save everybody. Some plot holes make this book a 4 star, but it's still quite an amusing tale similar to Annihilation.

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  • So excited, but was let down.

    Jennifer R. - 5 years 11 months ago

    I didn't love this book - nor did I hate it. I was super excited to read this book. It has all the elements I love. Body Horror, Horror and strong female leads. I think it was the execution of the book that kept me from loving it. I'm not saying that I thought the author was a bad writer, just that it wasn't for me.