Author: Erin Saldin
Pages: 345
Language: R (13 "F", 40+ other)
Content: PG13
Level: High School
Recommendation: Optional
Summary: CUT meets HATCHET in this lacerating debut about girls, knives, and redemption. The Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Area stretches across two million acres in northern Idaho. In its heart sits the Alice Marshall School, where fifty teenage girls come to escape their histories and themselves. Lida Wallace has tried to negate herself in every way possible. At Alice Marshall, she meets Elsa Boone, a fierce native Idahoan; Jules, who seems too healthy to belong at the school; and Gia Longchamps, whose glamour entrances the entire camp. As the girls prepare for a wilderness trek, Lida is both thrilled and terrified to be chosen as Gia's friend. But everyone has their secrets--their "Things" they try to protect; and when those come out, the knives do as well.
Review: Based around girls who are at a camp to rehabilitated, this story has secrets and twists. However, I was completely put off by the language of the book, even though I realize that girls with "problems" don't have the best language, it was hard to suffer through.
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