I'm the Girl
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A brutal and illuminating thriller that explores the dark underbelly of wealth and power
Named a Best Book of the Year by BuzzFeed, CrimeReads, Indigo, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and Shelf Awareness, with 4 starred reviews, I'm the Girl is an "emotionally raw and brutally captivating" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) queer coming-of-age thriller from bestselling and award-winning author Courtney Summers. Loosely based on the Epstein case, it's "not for the faint of heart" (The New York Times).
Sixteen-year-old Georgia Avis wants everything she knows she deserves, but poverty has kept it out of reach. When she finds the body of thirteen-year-old Ashley James, Georgia teams up with Ashley's sister Nora to find the killer, and is thrown into a glittering world of unimaginable privilege. But behind every dream lurks a nightmare, and Georgia must reconcile her desires with what it takes to survive. As the killer closes in and their feelings grow, Georgia and Nora discover that when money, power, and beauty rule, it's not always about who is guilty, but who is guiltiest—and the only thing that might save them is each other.
I'm the Girl is a gritty, dark, and illuminating account of one young woman's struggle to navigate a deadly and predatory power structure, asking readers: if this is the way the world is, do you accept it?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Summers (Project X) attentively outlines harsh realities of bodily autonomy, predatory behavior, and sexual violence in this emotionally raw and brutally captivating novel. Georgia Avis, 16, wants to be an Aspera girl, one of the beautiful young women who works at a members-only mountainside resort. While biking to Aspera, hoping to persuade them to hire her, she's knocked unconscious in a hit-and-run and, when she comes to, finds her bike and bag missing. Injured, she stumbles upon the corpse of 13-year-old Ashley James, who was sexually assaulted before her death. When George makes it to Aspera, the owners take her under their wing, giving her an admin job; while she's disappointed to not be an Aspera girl, it's implied that if she does well, she can move up. At Aspera, she befriends Ashley's older sister, Nora, and helps her dig into the mystery of Ashley's assault and death even as George delves deeper into the sinister adult world of glitz and glamour she's longed for. Summers expertly weaves together drama, mystery, and romance via George's guileless narration for an intense look into one girl's wish to be seen as mature, and the powers that manipulate her, in this powerful, ultimately hopeful performance. Characters read as white. Ages 13–up.
