![]() ![]() But it isn't safe Outside, either: A viral pandemic is burning through the population at a terrifying rate. ![]() Is she a sinner for saving him? Is her sister, Beth, a sinner for dreaming of the world beyond Red Creek? As the Prophet grows more dangerous, Agnes realizes she must escape with Ezekiel and leave everyone else, including Beth, behind. Her younger brother, Ezekiel, will die without the insulin she barters for once a month, even though medicine is considered outlawed. ![]() Then Agnes meets Danny, an Outsider boy, and begins to question what is and isn't a sin. What she doesn't know is that Red Creek is a cult, controlled by a madman who calls himself a prophet. There, she cares tirelessly for her younger siblings and follows the town's strict laws. ![]() Agnes loves her home of Red Creek-its quiet, sunny mornings, its dusty roads, and its God. About the Book "Sixteen-year-old Agnes must escape a cult and a Prophet as she attempts to save the world from a pandemic"-īook Synopsis A Bank Street Best Book of 2021 The Handmaid's Tale meets Wilder Girls in this genre-defying novel about a girl who escapes a terrifying cult only to discover that the world Outside has succumbed to a viral apocalypse. ![]()
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