num_pages: 400
description: With a harrowing poetic voice this contemporary page-turner is perfect for fans of Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak Julie Berry's All The Truth That's in Me and the works of Ellen Hopkins.The Kevinian cult has taken everything from seventeen-year-old Minnow: twelve years of her life her family her ability to trust.And when she rebelled they took away her hands too.Now their Prophet has been murdered and their camp set aflame and it's clear that Minnow knows somethingbut she's not talking. As she languishes in juvenile detention she struggles to un-learn everything she has been taught to believe adjusting to a life behind bars and recounting the events that led up to her incarceration. But when an FBI detective approaches her about making a deal Minnow sees she can have the freedom she always dreamed ofif shes willing to part with the terrible secrets of her past.The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly is a hard-hitting and hopeful story about the dangers of blind faithand the power of having faith in oneself.
language: English
title: The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly
publisher: Dial/Penguin