Waking Up Naked in Strange Places

By Julie McGalliard

""Beware, child. Behind thee stalks the terrible shadow of thy beast."" So Father Wisdom had told her since she was very young. Under his harsh appraisal, Self-Abnegation in the Service of the Lord struggles to live up to her name, to quell the rebellious feelings stirring deep inside. But when Wisdom's punishment kills one of her sisters, Abnegation flees the cult compound of New Harmony and hitches a ride across the country to Seattle. There she tries to forget her father's warnings and become simply Abby: a normal, modern teenager who lives with a typical family, wears ordinary clothes, goes to school with other kids, and maybe ... maybe even has a boyfriend. She can't outrun herself, though, and Abby soon discovers that the beast inside her is all too real. She is dangerous, unpredictable, and powerful in a way she's never imagined. Can she control the wild, feral part of herself? Or is she forever destined to be blinded by her animal instincts, the monster Father Wisdom always she she would be?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1941662102
• ISBN13: 9781941662106
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Per Aspera Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.5"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12