Stunning, gut-punching. BCCB (starred review) Vividly imagined and haunting. Booklist (starred review) When an insect-borne plague begins to envelop the world, three sixteen-year-olds struggle to survive amongst the healthy trues and the infected wickeds in this gripping dystopian tale from the author of The Winter Place. A plague, called Wickedness, is pulsing through the world; and in its wake, its dividing the population into thirds: The WICKED: Already infected by the droves of Singers, the ultraviolet mosquito-like insects who carry the plague, the Wicked roam the world freely. They dont want for muchonly to maim and dismember you. But dont worry: They always ask politely first. The TRUE: The True live in contained, isolated communities. Theyre the lucky ones; they found safety from the Singers. And while the threat of the Wicked may not be eliminated, for the True, the threat has certainly been contained
The VEXED: The Vexed are the truly fortunate onesthey survived the sting of the Singers, leaving them immune. But theyre far from safe. The Vexed hold the key to a cure, and there are those who will do anything to get it. In this brilliantly realized novel, three teensAstrid, Hank, and Nataliestart to realize that the divisions of their world arent as clear as they seem, and are forced to question what being wicked truly means.
- | Author: Alexander Yates
- | Publisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
- | Publication Date: August 04, 2020
- | Number of Pages: 368 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1481419854
- | ISBN-13: 9781481419857