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Feral Youth

Feral Youth

by Alaya Dawn Johnson (Author), Alaya Dawn Johnson (Author), Brandy Colbert (Author), Marieke Nijkamp (Author), Marieke Nijkamp (Author), Justina Ireland (Author), Suzanne Young (Author), Robin Talley (Author), Shaun David Hutchinson (Author), E. C. Myers (Author), Stephanie Kuehn (Author), Tim Floreen (Author)

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Synopsis

Ten teens are left alone in the wilderness during a three-day survival test in this multi-authored novel led by award-winning author Shaun David Hutchinson.

At Zeppelin Bend, an outdoor-education program designed to teach troubled youth the value of hard work, cooperation, and compassion, ten teens are left alone in the wild. The teens are a diverse group who come from all walks of life, and were all sent to Zeppelin Bend as a last chance to get them to turn their lives around. They've just spent nearly two weeks hiking, working, learning to survive in the wilderness, and now their instructors have dropped them off eighteen miles from camp with no food, no water, and only their packs, and they'll have to struggle to overcome their vast differences if they hope to survive.

Inspired by The Canterbury Tales, the characters in Feral Youth, each complex and damaged in their own ways, are enticed to tell a story (or two) with the promise of a cash prize. The stories range from noir-inspired revenge tales to mythological stories of fierce heroines and angry gods. And while few of the stories are claimed to be based in truth, they ultimately reveal more about the teller than the truth ever could.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 336
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 01 Nov 2018
ISBN 10: 1481491121
ISBN 13: 9781481491129
Children’s book age: 12+ Years

Media Reviews
From the first sentence ( I'm not a liar ), collection editor Hutchinson grabs readers with a raw, spot-on monologue that invites readers into heavy issues teens are struggling to navigate, many with distant or absent parents. Due to the mature, often raw content, this is a book that would also be valuable for adult readers who have the courage to face the darker things teens don't tell them. A compelling, uncomfortable narrative that lets readers know that the tragedy the world can bring to teens transcends socio-economics, gender, and race. -- Kirkus Reviews
Many of the stories delve into intense darkness, and there are no easy resolutions, even as the focus rests on a group of diverse people learning to trust each other. A compelling examination of the teen psyche. -- Booklist, STARRED REVIEW
The kids are considered human garbage, as Hutchinson's character puts it, but their choices and situations are born of sharp, complicated moments and realities. Though the voices are distinct, it's the overall experience of disparate people finding common understanding that lingers. -- Publishers Weekly
Author Bio
Shaun David Hutchinson is the author of The Deathday Letter, fml, The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley, We Are the Ants, and At the Edge of the Universe.

Other contributing authors include Suzanne Young, Marieke Nijkamp, Robin Talley, Stephanie Kuehn, E.C. Myers, Tim Floreen, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Justina Ireland, and Brandy Colbert.