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Thick with suspense and simmering with adolescent turmoil, Bad Girls is an action-adventure survival story that pits a group of troubled teens against a forbidding tropical landscape, an elusive enemy, and, worst of all, each other. It's Mean Girls meets Lord of the Flies, and it marks the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Anna Wheeler: 16-year old with bad attitude; dirty blonde hair; sent to wilderness camp by her ex-military father
- Boxer: One of the men that came to pick up Anna. The "small" man with the crooked nose; thinning hair; wiry;
- the "other" man: "the big one with the fat neck;"
- Ryan Holloway: Anna's boyfriend
- Dr. Cochran: Anna's therapist
- Henry O'Connor: retired army man; camp volunteer
- Cecilia Richards: founder and director of Camp Archstone
- Counselor Adler: A marine-style counselor at the camp;
- Counselor Ellis: Add a description of this character.
- Kelli: blonde bunkmate
- Stacey: One of the girls at camp with Anna.
- Erica: One of the girls at camp with Anna; the girl with the tattoos; gay;
- Alice: One of the girls at camp with Anna.
- Kara: One of the girls at camp with Anna. Seems to be the meanest
- Laura: one of the girls at camp with Anna
- Mr. Spate: Anna's photography teacher from school
- Counselor Brody: young camp counselor
- Counselor McGathy: counselor at the camp
- Leod
- Jume
- Cici
- Marion Jeffers
Setting & Locations edit
- the gray Chevy Astrovan: with two painted-over and wire-meshed portholes for windows on the back doors
- Andros Island: a poor island off the coast of Florida; where Camp Archstone is located; hot and humid;
- Camp Archstone: a military-style camp for troubled teens, comprised of tall gates with barbed wire across the top and what looked like guard towers and a military-style barracks; encircled by a high chain-link fence
- Clayton Peak: a rock formation ten miles southwest of the camp
- Andros River Basin: 1/4 mile from Clayton Peak
First Sentence edit
The girl with the dirty blonde hair ran down the hillside and began to pick her way rapidly through the trees.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alex McAulay (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsBad language and serious themes are discussed (sex, drugs, murder), though the tone of the book is set for a young adult.
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