num_pages: 352
description: From William C. Morris Finalist Nafiza Azad comes a thrilling feminist fantasy about a group of teenage girls endowed with special powers who must band together to save the life of the boy whose magic saved them all.Meet the Wild Ones: girls who have been hurt abandoned and betrayed all their lives. It all began with Paheli who was once betrayed by her mother and sold to a man in exchange for a favor. When Paheli escapes she runs headlong into a boy with stars in his eyes. This boy as battered as she is tosses Paheli a box of stars before disappearing. With the stars Paheli gains access to the Between a place of pure magic and mystery. Now Paheli collects girls like herself and these Wild Ones use their magic to travel the world helping the hopeless and saving others from the fates they suffered. Then Paheli and the Wild Ones learn that the boy who gave them the stars Taraana is in danger. Hes on the run from powerful forces within the world of magic. But if Taraana is no longer safe and free neither are the Wild Ones. And thatis a fate the Wild Ones refuse to accept. Ever again.
language: English
title: The Wild Ones
publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books