Girls on Fire

By Robin Wasserman

Girls on Fire - Robin Wasserman
  • Release Date: 2016-05-17
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4
4
From 62 Ratings

Description

An NPR Best Book of the Year • A Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year

On Halloween, 1991, a popular high school basketball star ventures into the woods near Battle Creek, Pennsylvania, and disappears. Three days later, he’s found with a bullet in his head and a gun in his hand—a discovery that sends tremors through this conservative community, already unnerved by growing rumors of Satanic worship in the region.

In the wake of this incident, bright but lonely Hannah Dexter is befriended by Lacey Champlain, a dark-eyed, Cobain-worshiping bad influence in lip gloss and Doc Martens. The charismatic, seductive Lacey forges a fast, intimate bond with the impressionable Dex, making her over in her own image and unleashing a fierce defiance that neither girl expected. But as Lacey gradually lures Dex away from her safe life into a feverish spiral of obsession, rebellion, and ever greater risk, an unwelcome figure appears on the horizon—and Lacey’s secret history collides with Dex’s worst nightmare.

By turns a shocking story of love and violence and an addictive portrait of the intoxication of female friendship, set against the unsettled backdrop of a town gripped by moral panic, Girls on Fire is an unflinching and unforgettable snapshot of girlhood: girls lost and found, girls strong and weak, girls who burn bright and brighter—and some who flicker away.

Reviews

  • A little disturbing for me...

    3
    By Mjoypick
    I'm not a prude but this made me cringe and feel uncomfortable at times. The underlying story line kept my attention but I prefer less raw content.
  • Riveting!

    5
    By Jersey Shore Girl 1014
    This novel is a roller coaster ride full of twists and turns, ups and downs. Extremely well written, vivid and brutal. Once you start, you can't stop until the final word. Don't even hesitate purchasing. I will eagerly await her next novel.