The Wild [Owen Laukkanen]; 2020 YA Releases

Blahhhh, The Wild by Owen Laukkanen sounds so not fun. I’m not much of a thriller reader anyway, but honestly where is the plot to this? I just…don’t get it. The whole thing sounds like one of those dumb C- horror films with no plot and just some weird crazy evil going around killing and hurting people for literally no reason. I know that this is something other people enjoy, but honestly…I’m out.

With an instantly compelling protagonist who finds herself fighting for her life in the wilderness using her wits and resilience, THE WILD is a suspenseful original paperback page-turner with nonstop action and a heroine readers won't soon forget.

FROM THIS MOMENT ON, YOU'RE A BEAR CUB. YOU'LL LEARN RESPONSIBILITY AND RESPECT. HOW TO SURVIVE. IT'S EASIER IF YOU JUST ACCEPT IT.
Dawn isn't a bad person--she's just made some bad choices: wrong guy, wrong friends, wrong everything. But she wasn't expecting her parents to pay a boatload of money to ship her off to OUT OF THE WILD, a wilderness boot camp with a bunch of other messed up kids to learn important "life lessons." It's true that Dawn and the other cubs will learn a lot--but it's not what any of them expect. Because what happens in the woods isn't what their parents planned. Sometimes plans go very wrong. And this is one of those times. Suddenly Dawn is more scared than she's ever been in her life. And you will be too