In this episode's discussion of After the Fire by Will Hill, the Bookshelf Sisters Mary & Chris talk about cults, Waco and radicalization. 

After the Fire won the YA Book Prize in 2018 and we take a quick look at this year's shortlist: https://www.thebookseller.com/shortlist-ya-book-prize-2021. (22.03)

We also had our first letter - from author Darren Simpson no less - answering  some of our questions about Scavengers from Episode 3. (25.53)

There are two books for our next discussions:  Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (Episode 7) and Girl (In Real Life) by Tamsin Winter (Episode 6). Both books are available from Mary's Bookshelf: https://www.facebook.com/marysbookshelf/