It will keep you up late until you get to the very end.-Maureen Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of Truly DeviousĪ heartrending portrait of a young girl's struggle to survive a domineering religious sect and the resilience of the human spirit this belongs on every YA shelf. The gripping story of survival and escape. thrilling and spellbinding!-Patrick Ness, #1 New York Times bestselling author

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an intense, ripped-from-the-headlines plot.Suspenseful and moving, After the Fire is perfect for readers looking for She isn't sure what's better, before or after, all she knows is that there are questions she can't answer, and if everything she's been told is a lie, how can she know who's telling the truth now? After, people are telling her that now she's finally safe. After, she's trapped, now in a federal facility.īefore, she was never allowed to leave the property, never allowed to talk to Outsiders, never allowed to speak her mind.Â After, there are too many people asking questions, wanting to know what happened to her, trying to find out who she really is.īefore, she thought she was being protected from something. The things I've seen are burned into me, like scars that refuse to fade.īefore, she lived inside a fence with her family. 'Genuinely differentEthrilling and spellbinding!'-Patrick Ness, #1 'New York Times'-bestselling author.Ī gripping and unforgettable story of survival after life in a cult, inspired by the survivors of the Branch Davidian siege in Waco, Texas, 1993 government inspired by the Waco siege of 1993. About the Book A teenager's world comes to an end in a devastating confrontation between the cult she grew up in and the forces of the U.S.

After the Fire by Will Hill