Rose, Interrupted 9781432306458 The Prisoner

The Prisoner

six-foot-tall praying mantises forced Arek's family underground and into the hole where he was born

she wonders briefly if

with some parties thrown in along the way

the elephant Will is riding on the beach

Rose, Interrupted 9781432306458 The PrisonerBeing a teenager is hard enough, but it's even harder in a world you've never known Eighteen months ago, 17 year old Rose and 13 year old Rudder escaped a strict religious sect with their mum. They are still trying to make sense of the world outside no more rules about clothes and books, films and music, no more technology bans. But also no more friendship with the people they've known all their lives, no community and no certainty. It doesn't help