The Grace Year

Tierney James is about to start her grace year, a year when all sixteen-year-old girls in Garner County must fend for themselves in the woods with no assistance from anyone but each other. This is done so they can release their powerful magic and return home, obedient and ready for marriage or a life of service. It's a dangerous year that some girls do not survive as they must band together to protect themselves against poachers who want to sell them on the black market...all the while trying not to turn on each other. Tierney is strong and intelligent, but this works against her as Kiersten who wants to be the leader of the group, singles her out and tries to turn the other girls against her. Tierney must use her wits and survival instincts if she hopes to make it out of the woods alive. The Grace Year is a thought-provoking novel that will appeal to those who enjoy dystopian fiction with a lot of drama.