Lin-Manuel Miranda
You are perfectly cast in your life. I can’t imagine anyone but you in the role. Go play.
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Editorial Content for The Female of the Species
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“The females of the species is more deadly than the male.”
All anyone seems to think when they see Alex Craft is of her sister, Anna, who was brutally raped and murdered three years ago. The killer walked free and Alex took matters into her own hands. Now she feels out of control when she is near people, so she has stuck herself in her own little bubble. Read More
Teaser
Three years ago, when her older sister, Anna, was murdered and the killer walked free, Alex uncaged the language she knows best --- the language of violence. While her own crime goes unpunished, Alex knows she can’t be trusted among other people. Not with Jack, the star athlete who wants to really know her but still feels guilty over the role he played the night Anna’s body was discovered. And not with Peekay, the preacher’s kid with a defiant streak who befriends Alex while they volunteer at an animal shelter. As their senior year unfolds, Alex’s darker nature breaks out, setting these three teens on a collision course that will change their lives forever.
Promo
Three years ago, when her older sister, Anna, was murdered and the killer walked free, Alex uncaged the language she knows best --- the language of violence. While her own crime goes unpunished, Alex knows she can’t be trusted among other people. Not with Jack, the star athlete who wants to really know her but still feels guilty over the role he played the night Anna’s body was discovered. And not with Peekay, the preacher’s kid with a defiant streak who befriends Alex while they volunteer at an animal shelter. As their senior year unfolds, Alex’s darker nature breaks out, setting these three teens on a collision course that will change their lives forever.
About the Book
Edgar Award–winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a dark and riveting contemporary YA novel that blends the unflinching honesty of Laurie Halse Anderson’s SPEAK with the relentless pacing and alternating perspectives of GONE GIRL. A stunning, unforgettable page-turner.
Alex Craft knows how to kill someone. And she doesn’t feel bad about it.
Three years ago, when her older sister, Anna, was murdered and the killer walked free, Alex uncaged the language she knows best --- the language of violence. While her own crime goes unpunished, Alex knows she can’t be trusted among other people. Not with Jack, the star athlete who wants to really know her but still feels guilty over the role he played the night Anna’s body was discovered. And not with Peekay, the preacher’s kid with a defiant streak who befriends Alex while they volunteer at an animal shelter. Not anyone.
As their senior year unfolds, Alex’s darker nature breaks out, setting these three teens on a collision course that will change their lives forever.
Audiobook available, narrated by Amanda Dolan, Bittner Bolding, Dan Justis.
Samuel Johnson
Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Woodrow Wilson
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
