
Ward depicts LGBTQ people as we are in real life complicated, nuanced, and not excited about wading to school through ankle-deep blood. "Tackles important issues of manipulation and safety with a fast-paced story that could be ripped from the headlines.Will keep readers turning pages until the end.Ward s novel brilliantly evokes both revulsion and a less obvious, but more ominous, sense of dread, as everything we take for granted is called into question. "Tackles important issues of manipulation and safety with a fast-paced story that could be ripped from the headlines.Will keep readers turning pages until the end." - School Library Journal

"A good place for young fans of Lois Duncan and Christopher Pike." - Kirkus Reviews Girl in a Bad Place is a book that's impossible to put down and Kaitlin Ward is an author to watch." - Courtney Summers, author of All the Rage and Cracked Up to Be I was rooting for Mailee and Cara from the first page to the last. "Intense, suspenseful, and highly original examination of female friendship, self-discovery and survival. "Intense doesn't even begin to describe this propulsive read." - Kieran Scott, author of What Waits in the Woods

"Eerie and gripping, Girl in a Bad Place will grab you and not let go until the last page." - Kara Thomas, author of Little Monsters and The Darkest Corners "Pulse-pounding." - Jennifer Mathieu, author of The Truth about Alice "This empowering story of survival boasts a refreshingly realistic teenage voice and a lot of heart." - Booklist I loved every page." - Kim Liggett, Bram Stoker Award-winneing author of The Last Harvest "A fast-paced subterranean thriller with surprises around every dark corner. Morris Award-winning author of Charm & Strange Survival and self-discovery take many forms in this wild adventure to the center of the earth, and you won't want to put this book down!" - Stephanie Kuehn, William C. "Thrilling and propulsive, Eliza's story is as much a journey inward as it is underground.

"A daring exploration of an underground world that would make Jules Verne applaud, and of the depths we must go to find courage and friendship." - Kevin Emerson, author of Any Second carnivorous." - Lindsay Ribar, author of Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies

"An enticing little pocket of not-quite-reality that's equal parts wondrous and gruesome-perfect for readers who like their down-the-rabbit-hole stories a little more.
