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The Forest of Hands and Teeth
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth: Book 1

The Forest of Hands and Teeth (2009) (edit title/settings)

by Carrie Ryan (Author) (edit contributors)

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In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. But,... read more

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This was a great story about a girl named Mary . She lives in this Fenced in community that is far deep inside this forest. Now when I say gated , I mean this little village is gated all the way around it to protect from whats on the outside. They are worried day and night that whats on the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

This was a great story about a girl named Mary . She lives in this Fenced in community that is far deep inside this forest. Now when I say gated , I mean this little village is gated all the way around it to protect from whats on the outside. They are worried day and night that whats on the outside will breach the fences. Whats on the outside you ask? Zombies......

Characters edit see section history

  • Mary: Mary is a very courageous young woman who has never known anything other than living in the village, following the rules of the Sisterhood and staying away from the Unconsecrated by the fences. Mary shows her true strength when she is put to the test after the zombies break into her village and threaten her life and the ones she loves.
  • Travis: Brother of Beth and Harry. He and Mary are in love.
  • Harry: Mary's childhood best friend, he is the brother of Travis. Has a horrible aim with arrows, kind hearted.
  • Jed: The older brother of Mary and a Guardian of the fence that barricades them against the Unconsecrated. Beth's husband.
  • Sister Tabitha: Oldest Sister/ Leader of the Sisterhood.
  • Cass: Mary's best friend.
  • Gabrielle: Outsider.
  • Beth: Married to Jed. Sister to Harry and Travis.
  • Jacob: Six-year-old boy.
  • Argos: Mary's dog
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  • When you know love … that's what makes this life worth it. When you live with it every day. Wake up with it, hold on to it during the thunder and after a nightmare. When love is your refuge from the death that surrounds us all and when it fills you so tight that you can't express it.”
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  • “You think you want love, Mary. You think it is this beautiful gift that does nothing but fill you and make you whole. But you are wrong. Love can be cruel and ugly. It can become dark and cause the deepest pain.
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  • Who are we if not the stories we pass down? What happens when there's no one left to tell those stories? To hear them? Who will ever know that I existed? What if we are the only ones left—who will know our stories then? And what will happen to everyone else's stories? Who will remember those?
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  • I sob because this is not a life. This is not the way life should be and because I don't know how to fix any of it.
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  • I want to sleep, I want dreams to pull me from this world and make me forget. To stop the memories from swirling around me. To put an end to this ache that consumes me.
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  • And suddenly I wonder what right we have to believe our childhood dreams will come true.
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  • I realize that sometimes death comes before you expect it. That while we are rarely prepared for our friends, family and loved ones to die, we are never prepared for our own deaths. Never prepared to reconcile our own regrets.
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  • I think about how fragile we are here—like fish in a glass bowl with darkness pressing in on every side.
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  • It's as if there is infinity between our lips and we will never actually touch. Like math, where dividing by half can last for eternity.
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  • Every night I drown and every morning I wake up struggling to breathe.
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

The Village,The Ocean,The Forest of Hands and Teeth

Organizations edit see section history

  • The Sisterhood: A religious order that controls the village where the greater part of the book resides.
  • The Sisters: Religious ruling order of Mary's village

First Sentence edit see section history

My mother used to tell me about the ocean.

Table of Contents edit see section history

I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
XX
XXI
XXII
XXIII
XXIV
XXV
XXVI
XXVII
XXVIII
XXIX
XXX
XXXI
XXXII
XXXIII
XXXIV
XXXV
XXXVI
Acknowledgements

Glossary edit see section history

  • The Unconsecrated: The undead that restlessly hunt living humans. Also considered to be zombies.
  • The Sisterhood: The Nuns who appear to run the village and the cathedral

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 4 in The Forest of Hands and Teeth. (standard series)

Followed by The Dead-Tossed Waves.

This book is in Tayshas List (2010). (authoritative list)
This book is in 2011-2012 Iowa High School Book Award. (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Carrie Ryan (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Gollancz
Country: England
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 0575090847
Page Count: 320

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PZ7.R9478For 2009
  • Dewey: Teen RYAN

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

Some kissing but nothing more. Most notable is frequent mentions of death, some decapatation and descriptions of zombies, though none seriously graphic.

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

  • Carrie Ryan: Author's site. MUCH praise for the book.

More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • The Dead-Tossed Waves
  • Generation Dead
  • Tithe
  • The Dark and Hollow Places

Books That Influenced This Book edit see section history

   
  • The Zombie Survival Guide

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