Thursday, November 17, 2011

The Forest of Hands and Teeth-Ashli's YA Corner


THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH was a book about a girl, Mary, who is confined to her village, surrounded by the unconsecrated, the only thing thats stands between them and her, is a fence. When marrage season comes, Mary is excited, it's the only happy thing thats happened to her in a long time, Mary talks about the ocean and love, a world different than the one that surrounds them now and untouched, the secrets it may hold. But when no one speaks for her, she moves to the sisterhood, a religion  that resembles the catholic church. She finds scary and lonely times but wonders about the worlds undiscovered secrets.  Then, when she finds unfamiliar footsteps in the snow, she knows that he Sisterhood has its own secrets.

1 comment:

Pat Tillett said...

Although, I'm not a big YA fan, this one sounds creepy enough for me to enjoy it. Thanks for the review!