Flawless Girls

Ages 13 to 18

When her sister comes home changed, a young woman discovers that the finishing school she attended has a violent history that is alive and well in this tense and thrilling YA novel.

The Soler sisters are infamous in polite society—brazen and rebellious. But their grandmother also knows the standards that two Latina young ladies will be held to, so she secures them coveted places at the Alarie House, a prominent finishing school. Younger sister Isla is back home within a day, but older sister Renata stays. When she returns months later, she’s pleasant, unnervingly polite, and possibly murderous. And the same night she returns home, she vanishes.

Isla returns to Alarie House, intent on finding out what happened to her sister. But the Alarie House is as exacting as it is opulent. It won’t give up its secrets easily—or let Isla go without a fight.

Tautly written, unsettling, and evocative, this is a stunning YA novel by the award-winning author Anna-Marie McLemore.

About the Author

Anna-Marie McLemore is the author of The Weight of Feathers, When the Moon Was Ours (long-listed for the National Book Award), Wild Beauty, Blanca & Roja, Dark and Deepest Red, The Mirror Season (long-listed for the National Book Award), Lakelore, Self-Made Boys (long-listed for the National Book Award), and Venom & Vow with Elliott McLemore.