The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan - ESSENTIAL

Ryan, Carrie The Forest of Hands and Teeth, pgs.310 Gollancz;

Language~PG, Sexual Content~PG; Violence~PG-13

“In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth.”(exerpt from paperback) The Unconsecrated are zombies that eternally hunger for human blood and flesh. They live in the Forest of Hands and Teeth. If you are bitten, you become infected. . . . you die. . . and you return as unconsecrated. Mary’s father has turned. . .and because Mary was not there to keep her from the fence, so has her mother. Many other things in Mary’s life are falling apart when the village fence is breached by the unconsecrated.

In this thrilling horror story, Ryan takes the reader through one terrifying event after another until you are left breathless. The violence is not for the faint of heart or younger readers.

MS/HS –ESSENTIAL. Allison Madsen~Teen Librarian-SJO Public Library