Bad Graces
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Publisher Description
Yellowjackets meets House of Hollow in award-winning author Kyrie McCauley’s gripping and magical YA thriller following a group of young women as they face the stress of harsh elements, a mysterious monster, and an unraveling of secrets after their yacht is wrecked off the coast of North America.
Liv Whitlock knows she doesn’t belong there. But after years of stumbling between foster homes, often due to her own self-destructive tendencies, Liv desperately needs to change the trajectory of her life . . . so she steals her perfect sister’s identity.
Liv starts to rewrite her story, winning a prestigious internship on a movie set filming in Alaska, and finds herself on a luxury yacht with a celebrity ensemble, alongside pop star Paris Grace, actress sisters Effie and Miri Knight, Olympic gymnast Rosalind Torres, and social media influencer Celia Jones. Liv tries to find common ground with her famous companions, but just as the group starts to bond, a violent storm wrecks their vessel, stranding them on a deserted island in the North Pacific Ocean.
In this chilling supernatural thriller, the threats of starvation and exposure are just the beginning. They learn there is a predator lurking in the forest, unlike anything they’ve seen before—until they begin to see it in themselves. Every injury they suffer on the island causes inexplicable, terrifying changes in their bodies. With little hope for rescue and only each other as their final tether to humanity, can the girls endure the ominous forces at work on the island? Or will they lose themselves to their darker natures?
Survival Horror: Stranded on a remote island, six girls must battle starvation, the elements, and each other. But the greatest threat is the one they can’t see, a predator hunting them in the woods.Supernatural Mystery: As secrets unravel, the girls discover the island itself is an ominous force. They must uncover the truth behind the monster before it consumes them entirely.Body Horror Transformation: Every injury brings a terrifying change. A cut doesn’t just heal—it transforms, twisting their bodies into something new and monstrous.Unlikely Allies: With a pop star, actresses, a gymnast, and an influencer, this celebrity ensemble is far from prepared. For Liv, an impostor in their midst, relying on them is the most dangerous risk of all.
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At 16, twin sisters Violet and Everly Whitlock have moved from one foster home to another. Compared to her demure sibling, Violet has always been the "troubled child, the rebellious one"; even discovering her passion for poetry hasn't helped her escape her reputation. To obtain a summer internship working on a movie adaptation of The Tempest in Alaska, Violet steals Everly's identity and sets out on her own. But the yacht transporting Violet and several of the film's stars drifts off course and shipwrecks near the coast of a mysterious island. Free from societal pressures and able to explore their true selves, Violet and her companions, including singer Paris Grace, actor sisters Effie and Miri Knight, Olympic gymnast Rosalind Torres, and influencer Celia Jones, confront their respective traumas and discover the island's deepest secrets—such as the monster that lurks in the woods. The six racially diverse girls undergo terrifying yet empowering transformations as they struggle to survive and work to redefine themselves in this emotionally raw and sometimes brutal tale by McCauley (All the Dead Lie Down). "We're teenage girls. We've all been prey before," Effie says of their predicament, encapsulating a powerful story, though one that's over too quickly. Ages 14–up.
