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"A smart, moody debut…. Templeman is a talent to watch." -Booklist
★ “With swift pacing and sure-footed plotting… this is sure to attract a broad fan base.” -The Bulletin (starred review)
"Well worth the read—a chilling but charming young adult mystery."
-Mystery Scene Magazine
Unexplained disappearances. Suspicious deaths. There's something wrong with the woods behind St. Bede's Academy.
When Cally Wood starts at St. Bede's halfway through her junior year, she's suddenly thrust into a world of privilege and prestige, and in no time flat, she learns to navigate the complex social world of the upper echelon. But amid the illicit romances and weekend-long parties, Cally discovers that a brilliant but troubled girl named Iris disappeared from St. Bede's just a few months ago. Most people assume she ran away, but the police still haven't found her. And Iris wouldn't be the first girl to go missing from the school. Ten years ago, Cally's sister was visiting a friend from camp at St. Bede's when both girls vanished from their beds.
As Cally tries to unravel the mystery surrounding Iris--one she can't help but link to her own sister's disappearance--she discovers that beneath the surface of this elite school and its perfect students lies a web of secrets where rumors are indistinguishable from truths and it seems everyone has something to hide.
★ “With swift pacing and sure-footed plotting… this is sure to attract a broad fan base.” -The Bulletin (starred review)
"Well worth the read—a chilling but charming young adult mystery."
-Mystery Scene Magazine
Unexplained disappearances. Suspicious deaths. There's something wrong with the woods behind St. Bede's Academy.
When Cally Wood starts at St. Bede's halfway through her junior year, she's suddenly thrust into a world of privilege and prestige, and in no time flat, she learns to navigate the complex social world of the upper echelon. But amid the illicit romances and weekend-long parties, Cally discovers that a brilliant but troubled girl named Iris disappeared from St. Bede's just a few months ago. Most people assume she ran away, but the police still haven't found her. And Iris wouldn't be the first girl to go missing from the school. Ten years ago, Cally's sister was visiting a friend from camp at St. Bede's when both girls vanished from their beds.
As Cally tries to unravel the mystery surrounding Iris--one she can't help but link to her own sister's disappearance--she discovers that beneath the surface of this elite school and its perfect students lies a web of secrets where rumors are indistinguishable from truths and it seems everyone has something to hide.
THE LITTLE WOODS is available now from Schwartz & Wade Books / Random House.
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