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Title: Feral Youth
Author: Shaun David Hutchinson, Suzanne Young, Marieke Nijkamp, Robin Talley, Stephanie Kuehn, E. C. Myers, Tim Floreen
Narrator: Candace Thaxton, Jacques Roy
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-05-17
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Teens, Ages 11-13
Publisher's Summary:
Ten teens are left alone in the wilderness during a three-day survival test in this multi-authored novel edited by award-winning author Shaun David Hutchinson.
At Zeppelin Bend, an outdoor-education program designed to teach troubled youth the value of hard work, cooperation, and compassion, 10 teens are left alone in the wild. The teens are a diverse group who come from all walks of life and were all sent to Zeppelin Bend as a last chance to get them to turn their lives around. They've just spent nearly two weeks hiking, working, and learning to survive in the wilderness, and now their instructors have dropped them off 18 miles from camp with no food, no water, and only their packs, and they'll have to struggle to overcome their vast differences if they hope to survive.
Inspired by The Canterbury Tales, the characters in Feral Youth, all complex and damaged in their own ways, are enticed to tell a story (or two) with the promise of a cash prize. The stories range from noir-inspired revenge tales to mythological stories of fierce heroines and angry gods. And while few of the stories are claimed to be based in truth, they ultimately reveal more about the tellers than the truth ever could.
Full list of authors includes Shaun David Hutchinson, Suzanne Young, Marieke Nijkamp, Robin Talley, Stephanie Kuehn, E. C. Myers, Tim Floreen, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Justina Ireland, and Brandy Colbert.
Members Reviews:
Loved this!
Feral Youth was simply fantastic! I'm usually wary of multi-author collaborations, but this one defied all odds and truly shined. While it initially appears to be a set of short stories, they're all tied together with a plot arc. This book is about a group of "troubled" teenagers dropped in the middle of the woods and trying to find their way back to civilization. Over a bet, each person tells a story about what they did to end up at the camp for troubled teens. This is where the various powerhouse authors come into play, each contributing their own (exaggerated?) tale that shines as much as the last.
I picked up this book because of the incredible authors (Tim Floreen, anyone?) and by the end I'd discovered even more authors that I can't wait to read more from. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves contemporary young adult fiction, particularly with unreliable narrators.
Something felt missing
GRADE: C+
3.5 STARS
Ten teens from a therapeutic camp are on a three day survival trip. One of the boys offers $100 to whoever can tell the best story. Some tell stories of how they ended up in trouble, some use allegories and readers have to decide if the narrators are fully, partially or not at all reliable.
Shaun David Hutchinson's VIOLENT ENDS was one of my favorite 2016 novels and I reread several times to figure out all the connections. I had difficulty staying focused on FERAL YOUTH, because I never felt invested in the characters or stories. Though the tales shared a common thread of teens misunderstood or overlooked, they felt disconnected to me. I enjoyed all but one of the stories. I identified with Lucinda (minus the arson) most, frustrated with her school's dress code that penalized girls for "distracting boys" with their clothes. I was most sympathetic to Sunday's story.
FERAL YOUTH takes place over three days.
