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Title details for The Violent Season by Sara Walters - Available

The Violent Season

by Sara Walters
Jorjeana Marie
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Every November, the people in Wolf Ridge are overwhelmed with a hunger for violence—at least that's the town rumor. Last fall, Wyatt Green's mother was brutally murdered, convincing Wyatt that this yearning isn't a morbid urban legend but rather a palpable force infecting her neighbors. This year, Wyatt fears the call of violence has spread to her best friend Cash—who also happens to be the guy she can't stop wanting no matter how much he hurts her. At the same time, she's drawn to Cash's nemesis, Porter, especially now that they're partners on an ambitious project for lit class. When Wyatt pulls away from Cash and spends more time with Porter, she learns secrets about both of them she can't forget. And as the truth about her mother's death begins to emerge from the shadows, Wyatt is faced with a series of hard realities about the people she trusts the most, rethinking everything she believes about what makes people decide to hurt each other.

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  • Release date

    October 12, 2021

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666522983
      • File size: 205274 KB
      • Duration: 07:07:39

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 900
    • Text Difficulty: 4-5

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 11, 2021
      Every November in Wolf Ridge, Vt., the townspeople are “suddenly overwhelmed with a hunger for violence”—proven by a yearslong streak of unexplainable accidents, injuries, suicides, and suspicious deaths. At least that’s what self-proclaimed “diamond tough” 16-year-old Wyatt Green believes ever since her mother was murdered by an unknown assailant last November. Grieving and adrift, Wyatt spends her time desperately yearning for her best friend and unrequited love Cash Peters, who lost his mother to suicide two Novembers ago; he attempts to dissuade her from her theory amid their endless nights of smoking, drinking, and having occasional inebriated sex. But when a partnered English project throws Wyatt together with caramel-haired Porter Dawes, the school rich kid and golden boy—whom Cash just so happens to despise—Wyatt finds herself gaining much-needed perspective, and the power Cash holds over her fading, culminating in not-unexpected tragedy. Readers sensitive to violence and sexual assault may wish to steer clear, and occasionally predictable beats paired with an ambiguous ending may disappoint some. Still, those seeking a dark mystery will find much to appreciate in Walters’s sharp, atmospheric prose and distinctly drawn cued-white cast. Ages 14–up. Agent: Sharon Pelletier, Dystel, Goderich and Bourret.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:900
  • Text Difficulty:4-5

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