Natural Selection - by Clare Edge (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Three girls bond in unsettling ways when a grizzly starts picking off known abusers in their secluded mountain town in this darkly funny, deeply feminist novel for fans of books like The Honeys and Wilder Girls.

When it comes to boys and bears, always choose the bear.

The girls of Riverside are raised to grin and bear it. Until three of them can't anymore.

Megan Lawless (aka Outlaw): Riverside born and raised. Lettered in volleyball, basketball, and track. HATES Kevin Johnson, but tolerates him for her best friend, Megan.

Megan Deloria: Outlaw's ride or die. Riverside royalty and soon to be valedictorian. Shoo-in for the homecoming crown alongside her boyfriend, Kevin.

Meghan Bach (aka Bee): Moved to Riverside last year. Still the "new girl." Pulls tarot cards daily. Just wants to forget what happened last summer at that party with Kevin.

And then there's Kevin Johnson: Riverside's Golden Boy. Only scared of two things--the dark and bears. Soon, he'll be scared of three more.

Because Megan, Megan, and Meghan are done with Kevin, and they're about to teach everyone in their tiny rural town the new natural order: Predator, meet prey.

Review Quotes

"It's been ages since I devoured a book this quickly." --Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying

"A story full of feminine rage and teeth and it will keep you glued to every page." --C. G. Drews, New York Times bestselling author of Don't Let the Forest In

"A feminist revenge masterpiece" --Megan Lally, New York Times bestselling author of That's Not My Name

"Deeply readable, hilariously funny, and so eerily relevant to the world we live in." --Kirsten King, author of A Good Person

"Readers will be hunting for answers until the very last page." --Megan Davidhizar, author of Silent Sister

"Unflinching, and positively brilliant." --Adrienne Tooley, author of There Are Ghosts Here

"This is glorious, and you absolutely need to read it." --Bar Fridman-Tell, author of Honeysuckle

"A love letter to furious girlhood." --Mary Roach, author of Seven for a Secret

"A masterful debut and a skin-crawling, gory, vital punch of truly unique feminist horror." --Logan-Ashley Kisner, author of Old Wounds

"Scathingly brilliant, painfully relevant, and utterly addictive, Natural Selection sinks its claws in and never lets go." --Kelsea Yu, Shirley Jackson Award nominee and author of It's Only a Game

"A ferociously furious wish-fulfillment fantasy of taking that power back." --Codie Crowley, author of Body Count

"Natural Selection is the definition of 'unputdownable.'" --Meg Smitherman, author of Entity and Thrum

"A compulsive small-town thriller, filled with ice and tension." --Holly Gramazio, New York Times bestselling author of The Husbands

★"A fierce, feminist anthem." --School Library Journal, starred review

"A gripping feminist revenge story about girls who aren't afraid to bare their claws." --Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Clare Edge is an author (and witch) who was raised in the Rocky Mountains, where she learned to be "bear aware" before she was taught about "stranger danger." She's a huge theater nerd and a recovering academic and is rarely found without a tarot deck nearby. Clare's cozy middle-grade fantasy series Accidental Demons was a New York Public Library Best Book for Kids and a Cybils Award finalist. Natural Selection is her debut novel for young adults.