Where Lost Girls Go
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Publisher Description
From New York Times bestselling author Kody Keplinger comes an addicting read that's The Girls by Emma Cline meets The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson.
There are many reasons why six girls have ended up living with Sol in a cabin in the Kentucky mountains. But the girls don't talk about what has brought them each here or who they were before. They have become sisters and are grateful to have a place to call home.Iris knows she owes everything to Sol. He has promised to keep them safe from their pasts. All he asks in return is for their loyalty, which Iris freely gives. With her sisters and Sol as her family, she feels happier than she has in a long time.
Until a new girl arrives and everything changes.
Sol dubs her Rose and the sisters are quick to welcome her. Iris is drawn to Rose, but as they grow closer, Rose has Iris questioning things about this life in the woods. When Sol notices, he challenges Iris to prove her commitment to their family. Her sisters tell her that she should be willing to do anything for the man who saved her. But with each new ask, Iris realizes there is more to Sol-and her sisters-than she knows and some secrets should stay buried deep.
New York Times bestselling author Kody Keplinger weaves a stunning story about girlhood, power, and desperation that asks just how far we'll go to save ourselves-and those we love.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Keplinger (That's Not What Happened) delivers a propulsive thriller in which a formerly unhoused teen begins questioning the leader of the cult that gave her shelter. When her divorced father dies suddenly, white-cued 16-year-old Caela Conroy moves from Ohio to a "little Kentucky town" to live with her estranged mother. But the presence of grieving, openly gay Caela, with her "band tees and ripped jeans," seems to rattle her mother, who soon kicks out the teen. After Caela's car breaks down in a remote holler, she is taken in by five young women named after flowers, who are described as having varying skin tones, and their charismatic patriarch, Sol, who reads as white. The group welcomes her into their communal home, so long as she gives up her name and pledges complete loyalty to their off-grid lifestyle and Sol's guidance toward "enlightenment." But as Sol's stipulations increasingly test her morals, Caela finds herself doubting his vision—and learns that leaving the commune alive may be impossible. Intimate third-person prose traces Caela's memories, which are peppered with lyrical first-person narration by one of the women, who describes struggling to suppress the forbidden "vague spark of a crush" on a fellow female housemate. Nuanced storytelling centers themes of found family and healing, resulting in a page-turning novel about losing and finding oneself. Ages 12–up.
