The Forest of Hands and Teeth Carrie Ryan

The Forest of Hands and Teeth

Author: Carrie Ryan

Publisher: Random House Children's Books

Publication Date: 10 March, 2009

ISBN: 9780385736817

Pages: 320

Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Horror

Available as: Trade Cloth, 978-0-385-73681-7 Trade Paper, 978-0-385-73682-4

Description:

In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best, and the fence that protects her village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth must remain intact. After fence is breached, Mary's world is thrown into chaos, and she must choose between her village and her future.

PW Publishers Weekly

Review Source: Publishers Weekly

Review Date: 2009-02-02

Mary's village has been trapped for generations by a very near, very visible menace: the Unconsecrated-insatiable, flesh-eating zombies that constantly tear at the village's fences. Yet the Sisterhood-a conventlike order of religious women charged to protect the village's survival-is as much responsible for the submission of Mary's village as the Unconsecrated. When the fences are breached and the village overrun, Mary and several others escape through gated paths and arrive deep into the Forest of Hands and Teeth, forced to search beyond it for their future. Mary's observant, careful narration pulls readers into a bleak but gripping story of survival and the endless capacity of humanity to persevere. That Mary maintains emotional distance serves to render her yearnings and romantic feelings even more poignant and powerful. Fresh and riveting. Ages 14-up. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved