Parents' Guide to

Girls With Sharp Sticks, Book 1

By Lucinda Dyer, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 14+

Chilling thriller about a school for "perfect" girls.

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Is It Any Good?

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A page turner of a thriller, filled with never-saw-that-coming twists and turns, that poses serious questions about the qualities society most values in young women. Girls With Sharp Sticks gets off to a pretty slow start and some readers may wonder when anything exciting will ever happen, but the story soon picks up the pace and ultimately races to a can't-put-it-down finish.

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