Kody Keplinger: Where Lost Girls Go
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Join us for the launch of WHERE LOST GIRLS GO, the tenth YA novel by Rochester’s own Kody Keplinger. Keplinger’s first novel, THE DUFF, was published when she was seventeen and was turned into a major motion picture. Keplinger will be joined in conversation by president of the Rochester Area Children Writers & Illustrators, Sarah Mead. A Q&A with the audience and a book signing will follow the reading.
This is a hybrid event, taking place in person at Writers & Books and online via Zoom. All registrants will receive a Zoom link in the registration confirmation email that is automatically sent to your email after checkout.
From New York Times bestselling author Kody Keplinger comes an addicting read that’s The Girls by Emma Cline meets The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson.
There are many reasons why five girls have ended up living with Sol in a cabin in the Kentucky mountains. But the girls don’t talk about what has brought them each here or who they were before. They have become sisters and are grateful to have a place to call home.
Iris knows she owes everything to Sol. He has promised to keep them safe from their pasts. All he asks in return is for their loyalty, which Iris freely gives. With her sisters and Sol as her family, she feels happier than she has in a long time.
Until a new girl arrives and everything changes.
Sol christens her Rose and the sisters are quick to welcome her. Iris is drawn to Rose, but as they grow closer, Rose has Iris questioning things about this life in the woods. When Sol notices, he challenges Iris to prove her commitment to their family. Her sisters tell her that she should be willing to do anything for the man who saved her. But with each new ask, Iris realizes there is more to Sol―and her sisters―than she knows and some secrets should stay buried deep.
New York Times bestselling author Kody Keplinger weaves a stunning story about girlhood, power, and desperation that asks just how far we’ll go to save ourselves―and those we love.
KODY KEPLINGER is the New York Times bestselling author of several young adult and middle grade novels. She wrote her debut, The DUFF (2010), when she was a senior in high school. It was named a YALSA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Readers, and it later went on to be adapted into a feature film of the same title starring Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Allison Janney, and Ken Jeong. Kody’s other works include Shut Out (2011), A Midsummer’s Nightmare (2012), The Swift Boys & Me (2014), Lying Out Loud (2015), Run (2016), That’s Not What Happened (2018), Lila & Hadley (2020), and the graphic novel, Poison Ivy: Thorns (2021) with illustrator Sara Kipin. Her next novel, Where Lost Girls Go will be released in the summer of 2026.
SARAH MEAD writes for (585) Magazine and leads the Rochester Area Children’s Writers and Illustrators. She holds a Masters degree in writing curriculum but ultimately decided writing children’s books was much more fun! A former fourth grade teacher with a passion for literacy, she spends her time raising three young readers and writing middle grade novels.
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