The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis audiobook

The Female of the Species

By Mindy McGinnis
Read by Amanda Dolan , Justis Bolding , and Dan Bittner

Katherine Tegen Books, HarperCollins 9780062320896

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 3 Formats: CD
  • 3 Formats: Library CD
  • 3 Formats: MP3 CD

  • ISBN: 9781441712981

  • ISBN: 9781441713025

  • ISBN: 9781441713070

Runtime: 7.13 Hours
Category: Fiction
Audience: Young Adult (12–17)
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

Edgar Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a riveting contemporary YA novel that examines rape culture through alternating perspectives. A stunning, unforgettable page-turner.

Alex Craft knows how to kill someone. And she doesn’t feel bad about it.

Three years ago, when her older sister, Anna, was murdered and the killer walked free, Alex uncaged the language she knows best—the language of violence.

While her own crime goes unpunished, Alex knows she can’t be trusted among other people. Not with Jack, the star athlete who wants to really know her but still feels guilty over the role he played the night Anna’s body was discovered. And not with Peekay, the preacher’s kid with a defiant streak who befriends Alex while they volunteer at an animal shelter. Not anyone.

As their senior year unfolds, Alex’s darker nature breaks out, setting these three teens on a collision course that will change their lives forever.

2017 Tayshas List Selection * YALSA Top 10 Best YA Fiction of 2017 * School Libray Journal Best of 2016 * Junior Library Guild Selection * The Globe and Mail Best Books of 2016 * Bustle’s Best Young Adult Books of 2016 * Mashable’s 8 Best YA Books of 2016 * Seventeen's 10 Best YA Books of 2016 * CCBC Choices 2017 * 2018-2019 Louisiana Readers' Choice Award Nominee * 2019 & 2020 Choose to Read Ohio Booklist

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“This novel is nothing short of astonishing. McGinnis tackles sexism at every level—from the overt to the subversive to the every day — and smashes it with her unpredictable, revolutionary protagonist…Truly illuminating.” —RT Book Reviews (5 gold stars, Top Pick!)
“McGinnis gracefully avoids the pitfalls of creating a teenage vigilante, instead maintaining a sense of piercing realism. Alex is a pained girl in dangerous free fall, whose fierce independence is challenged by newfound friendships, even love, though neither may be enough to stave off the inevitable.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“An unflinching look at rape culture and its repercussions.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Each word has been specifically chosen, each character superbly and humanly sculpted, the plot line masterfully completed. To say more would be to dilute the experience. McGinnis plays with the readers and they are at her mercy.” —Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)
“Your heart may still be pounding after you’ve finished this book. It is uncannily well timed to our current political situation…McGinnis, who dedicates her book to ‘the victims,’ examines this dichotomy of hope and violence, love and hate, with dexterity and grace.” —New York Times Book Review
“This book does not start quietly, softly, or humorously—its grasp holds the reader firmly and unflinchingly and does not let go even after the book ends…Each word has been specifically chosen, each character superbly and humanly sculpted, the plot line masterfully completed. To say more would be to dilute the experience. McGinnis plays with the readers and they are at her mercy.” —VOYA
“It’s raw. Not ‘raw for YA.’ Real-deal raw. And violent. And unforgettable. McGinnis explores both and she goes there in a way no one really has before in YA. This is Kill Bill in high school, but with more nuance, bolder choices and a true female perspective.” —Globe and Mail

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Author

Author Bio: Mindy McGinnis

Author Bio: Mindy McGinnis

Mindy McGinnis is the author of Not a Drop to Drink and In a Handful of Dust and is an assistant YA librarian who lives in Ohio. She graduated from Otterbein University magna cum laude with a BA in English literature and religion. Mindy has visited historic insane asylums, but they let her leave. You can visit her online at MindyMcGinnis.com.

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Details

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Available Formats : CD, Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Fiction
Runtime: 7.13
Audience: Young Adult (12–17)
Language: English

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