The Nowhere Girls

Amy Reed
Description
Kill me now I’m already dead That is the first thing Grace sees in her new bedroom. She has just moved to the small town of Prescott, Oregon. Leaving behind people she has known all her life, Grace feels alone. During lunch at her new high school, Grace sits at a table with Erin and Rosina. These two girls have had their own conflicts at home and school but are welcoming to Grace. Soon, they tell her about the girl, Lucy Moynihan, who previously lived in Grace’s house. Lucy and her family were forced to move when Lucy points to popular football players as the boys who gang raped her. Grace wants some justice for Lucy and enlist the help of her new friends. They decided to start a secret club for girls who are sick of how they are treated by the boys at school. As their club and movement grows, their relationship with school authorities and community members grows more and more contentious. Will they find justice for Lucy? Will they be to change the culture at their school? The Nowhere Girls is a timely read that is hard to put down.