AFTER THE WOODS
Editors: Janine O’Malley, FSG/Macmillan
Release Date: Feb 23., 2016
About the Book
Would you risk your life to save your best friend?
Julia knows she beat the odds. She escaped the kidnapper who hunted her in the woods for two terrifying nights that she can’t seem to fully remember. Now it’s one year later, and as Julia settles into her junior year, a dead girl turns up in those same woods. The terrible memories resurface, leaving the whip-smart Julia in a stupor at awkward moments—in front of gorgeous Kellan MacDougall, for example. Julia copes by recording facts: collecting statistics about abductions, drawing diagrams of the players, and making lists.
Her best friend, Liv, was also abducted by the same man, but she managed to escape while Julia was left behind. Is Liv’s guilt over leaving Julia in the woods the reason she’s starving herself? Is hooking up with Shane Cuthbert, an addict with a volatile temper, Liv’s way of punishing herself for not having Julia’s back? As Julia struggles to make sense of her friend’s self-destructive behavior, she realizes the one person she thinks she knows best—Liv—is the person she knows least of all.
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About the Author
Kim Savage is the author of After the Woods, a debut psychological thriller for young adults coming on February 23, 2016 with Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Macmillan. Her second novel, also with FSG/Macmillan, comes out in 2017. Her short stories, audio stories, and flash fiction have been published in The Drum Literary Magazine, Six Minute Magazine, Trapeze Magazine, and Red Fez, among others. She is represented by Sara Crowe of Harvey Klinger Inc, and is a member of the Freshman Fifteen, the Sweet Sixteens, NESCBWI and Grub Street. Kim received her degree in English from Stonehill College, and a Master’s degree in Journalism with Honors from Northeastern University. Once upon a time, she worked as a business journalist, pitching story ideas along the lines of “Stigmatized Properties: When Murder Kills Property Values.” You get the idea. Today, Kim resides in a town west of Boston near the real Fells of After the Woods. Born directionally challenged, the fear of getting lost in those lovely woods lives close to her skin. She and her wickedly funny husband have three children, each of whom beg to appear in her books. They shouldn’t.
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Giveaway Details
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During each giveaway, we ask entrants a question pertaining to the book. Here is the question they’ll be answering in the comments below for extra entries: What’s would you find in After the Woods’ Julia Spunk’s messenger bag? Find out here.
a notebook and Paula’s business card
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In Julia’s messenger bag you would find her Mead Wide-Ruled Notebook, Paula’s business card, and jack-all else.
her notebook, paula’s busines card and jack-all else
In the bag you’ll find a notebook, Paula Business card and jack-all else! 😉
A notebook, Paula’s business card, and jack-all else
“[a] notebook, Paula’s business card, and jack-all else.”
A notebook, Paula’s business card, and jack-all else
A notebook, Paula’s business car and jack-all-else
A notebook, Paula’s business car and jack-all-else
her notebook, paula’s busines card and jack-all else!!!!
A notebook
notebook, Paula’s business card, and jack-all else