Outliers

Description: When her best friend Cassie sends her a cryptic note asking for help, Wylie sets out to find her with Jasper, the guy who set Cassie off the rails. As Wylie and Jasper head farther and farther north into the dense woods of Maine, Wylie struggles to control her growing sense that something is really wrong.

Brief description:

Kimberly McCreight is the New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia, which was nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, and Alex Awards; Where They Found Her; and The Outliers young adult trilogy. She attended Vassar College and graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters.

Review Quotes:

THE OUTLIERS is a fast-paced, emotional, and darkly compelling novel with an ending that works like a catapult. I can't wait to find out what McCreight has hidden up her sleeves! - Julianna Baggott, bestselling author of Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonder and the Pure trilogy.

Mccreight's book is an edge of the seat page turner. Her ability to get at the core of what it means to be a friend, a girl, a human being in this society is at once thoughtful and dead on. - Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming

An exhilarating novel that unfolds at warp speed. - Mary Kubica, bestselling author of The Good Girl and Pretty Baby

A spellbinding thriller that keeps you guessing until the very last page. - Sara Shepard, bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars

Original and wholly addictive, The Outliers is a heart-pounding mystery that will leave readers desperate for the next book. - Suzanne Young, bestselling author of The Program

This first book in a planned trilogy moves at a rapid pace and is action-packed from the start....Wylie's struggles with grief and a difficult relationship with her best friend mold her into a multilayered character who captures the reader's sympathy. - Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

McCreight (Where They Found Her) crafts a tense, atmospheric narrative that sends the teens reeling from one surprise after another - Publishers Weekly

This fast-paced thriller will have readers pinned to their seats with all the twists and turns in the second half. - Booklist

"THE OUTLIERS is a fast-paced, emotional, and darkly compelling novel with an ending that works like a catapult. I can't wait to find out what McCreight has hidden up her sleeves!" - Julianna Baggott, bestselling author of Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonder and the Pure trilogy.

"Mccreight's book is an edge of the seat page turner. Her ability to get at the core of what it means to be a friend, a girl, a human being in this society is at once thoughtful and dead on." - Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming.

"An exhilarating novel that unfolds at warp speed." - --Mary Kubica, bestselling author of The Good Girl and Pretty Baby

McCreight (Where They Found Her) crafts a tense, atmospheric narrative that sends the teens reeling from one surprise after another - Publishers Weekly