The Female of the Species (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780062320896)

Edgar Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a riveting contemporary YA novel that examines rape culture through alternating perspectives. A stunning, unforgettable page-turner.

Alex Craft knows how to kill someone. And she doesn't feel bad about it.

Three years ago, when her older sister, Anna, was murdered and the killer walked free, Alex uncaged the language she knows best--the language of violence.

While her own crime goes unpunished, Alex knows she can't be trusted among other people. Not with Jack, the star athlete who wants to really know her but still feels guilty over the role he played the night Anna's body was discovered. And not with Peekay, the preacher's kid with a defiant streak who befriends Alex while they volunteer at an animal shelter. Not anyone.

As their senior year unfolds, Alex's darker nature breaks out, setting these three teens on a collision course that will change their lives forever.

2017 Tayshas List Selection * YALSA Top 10 Best YA Fiction of 2017 * School Libray Journal Best of 2016 * Junior Library Guild Selection * The Globe and Mail Best Books of 2016 * Bustle's Best Young Adult Books of 2016 * Mashable's 8 Best YA Books of 2016 * Seventeen's 10 Best YA Books of 2016 * CCBC Choices 2017 * 2018-2019 Louisiana Readers' Choice Award Nominee * 2019 & 2020 Choose to Read Ohio Booklist

Author: Mindy McGinnis
ISBN-10: 0062320890
ISBN-13: 9780062320896
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Language: English
Published: 09/20/2016
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 184502 / Female of the Species


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2016
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2016
Publishers Weekly 07/04/2016
School Library Journal 07/01/2016 pg. 83
Booklist 09/01/2016 pg. 108
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2016 pg. 76 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
School Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 35