Of course, a zombie outbreak usually means shotguns and mall looting-the very essence of freedom. The book begins seven generations after the Return, an undead plague that has ended civilization as we know it. School out forever.īut in The Forest and Hands and Teeth, Carrie Ryan's marvelous debut novel, the post-apocalypse is defined more by constraints than freedoms.

Who doesn't? All those annoying rules suspended. Read his exclusive Amazon guest review of The Forest of Hands and Teeth: Both Uglies and Peeps were named Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association in 2006. Scott Westerfeld is the author of three sets of books for young adults, including the Uglies series, the Midnighters series, and a series of stand-alone novels set in contemporary New York, including So Yesterday, Peeps, and The Last Days. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.Īmazon Exclusive: Scott Westerfeld Reviews The Forest of Hands and Teeth Only one of the Unconsecrated could put this book down.'-Justine Larbalestier, author of How to Ditch Your Fairy I thoroughly enjoyed it.'-Melissa Marr, bestselling author of Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange This is a beautifully crafted, page-turning, powerful novel. 'Opening The Forest of Hands and Teeth is like cracking Pandora's box: a blur of darkness and a precious bit of hope pour out. Mary's world is one that readers will not soon forget.'-Cassandra Clare, bestselling author of City of Bones 'Intelligent, dark, and bewitching, The Forest of Hands and Teeth transitions effortlessly between horror and beauty. 'A postapocalyptic romance of the first order, elegantly written from title to last line.'-Scott Westerfeld, author of the Uglies series and Leviathan 'A bleak but gripping story.Poignant and powerful.'- Publishers Weekly, Starred Could there be life outside a world surrounded in so much death? And she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Now, she must choose between her village and her future, between the one she loves and the one who loves her.

And, when the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. She’s learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth.īut, slowly, Mary’s truths are failing her.

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