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A group of schoolgirls go off with two teachers on a field trip to the English countryside. They soon discover that the nearby town offers alcohol, drugs, and sex, at once tempting and terrifying. In this illicit, raw new world, isolated from the larger society and its familiar rules and repressions, some become more vulnerable, others more vicious. There are the almost casual daily cruelties the girls inflict on one another, the dangerous fault lines of their friendships, their insecurities and little shames, the awful power of the "most popular" girl and of the "in crowd." The sexual and social pressures that can break a girl emotionally and even physically and mark her forever are freshly and chillingly observed. Many readers will be reminded of Lord of the Flies. In Special, too, the shell of civilization is paper-thin, and the looming implosion of a tiny society inspires dread.
It is not the unfamiliar countryside but the untried emotional landscape these girls must negotiate that proves difficult and disturbing and leads to a shattering conclusion. This is a spellbinding, haunting novel by a brilliant young writer.
It is not the unfamiliar countryside but the untried emotional landscape these girls must negotiate that proves difficult and disturbing and leads to a shattering conclusion. This is a spellbinding, haunting novel by a brilliant young writer.
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"As fiction, utterly devastating, as psychology, grim and apocalyptic: a ripped-bare portrait of the evil that children can do." Kirkus Reviews
"As 'special' as its title, this stunningly observed, wickedly funny, and ultimately tragic first novel is hightly recommended." Library Journal Starred
"A rich exploration of the subtle, often terrifying moments that define female adolescence . . . taut, unsettling, and remarkably insightful." Booklist, ALA
"Bathurst draws rich, surprisingly sympathetic portraits of confused girls . . . the savage little castaways of Lord of the Flies have nothing on these girls. A-." Entertainment Weekly
"Dazzlingly written, blistering with feeling, SPECIAL is exactly that." Boston Globe
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"As 'special' as its title, this stunningly observed, wickedly funny, and ultimately tragic first novel is hightly recommended." Library Journal Starred
"A rich exploration of the subtle, often terrifying moments that define female adolescence . . . taut, unsettling, and remarkably insightful." Booklist, ALA
"Bathurst draws rich, surprisingly sympathetic portraits of confused girls . . . the savage little castaways of Lord of the Flies have nothing on these girls. A-." Entertainment Weekly
"Dazzlingly written, blistering with feeling, SPECIAL is exactly that." Boston Globe
Bella Bathurst is the author of The Lighthouse Stevensons, which won the Somerset Maugham Award, and of the novel Special. Her journalism has appeared in the Washington Post, the London Sunday Times, and other major periodicals. Born in London, she lives in Scotland.
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