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Alex Craft knows how to kill someone. And she doesn't feel bad about it. When her older sister, Anna, was murdered three years ago and the killer walked free, Alex uncaged the language she knows best. The language of violence.
While her crime goes unpunished, Alex knows she can't be trusted among other people, even in her small hometown. She relegates herself to the shadows, a girl who goes unseen in plain sight, unremarkable in the high school hallways.
But Jack Fisher sees her. He's the guy all other guys want to be: the star athlete gunning for valedictorian with the prom queen on his arm. Guilt over the role he played the night Anna's body was discovered hasn't let him forget Alex, and now her green eyes amid a constellation of freckles have his attention. He doesn't want to only see Alex Craft; he wants to know her.
So does Peekay, the preacher's kid, a girl whose identity is entangled with her dad's job, though that does not stop her from knowing the taste of beer or missing the touch of her ex-boyfriend. When Peekay and Alex start working together at the animal shelter, a friendship forms and Alex's protective nature extends to more than just the dogs and cats they care for.
Circumstances bring Alex, Jack, and Peekay together as their senior year unfolds. While partying one night, Alex's darker side breaks out, setting the teens on a collision course that will change their lives forever. Edgar Award--winning author Mindy McGinnis artfully crafts three alternating perspectives into a dark and riveting exploration of what it means to be the female of the species.
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- Title The Female of the Species
- Author Mindy McGinnis
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Katherine Tegen Books
- Date 2016-09
- ISBN 9780062320896 / 0062320890
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.6 x 1.3 in (21.34 x 14.22 x 3.30 cm)
- Ages 14 to UP years
- Grade levels 9 - UP
- Reading level 980
- Library of Congress subjects Revenge, High school students
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016932089
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Booklist, 09/01/2016, Page 108
- Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 07/01/2016, Page 0
- Kirkus Reviews, 06/15/2016, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 07/04/2016, Page 0
- School Library Journal, 12/01/2016, Page 35
- Voice of Youth Advocates, 10/01/2016, Page 76
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