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We Became Wild

by H. D. Carver

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Grief and friendship on the trail

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Grief and friendship on the trail

After the death of their friend Val, Lottie and Messina set out into the desert to honor her plan to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, carrying her ashes and a copy of *Wild*. The journey brings their own unresolved tensions into sharp focus: Lottie’s guilt over Val’s death and Messina’s fear of an abusive stepfather. With difficult terrain and fire season adding practical danger, the friends must reckon with the secrets between them as well as the loss that binds them. The story brings bereavement, trust, and survival together in a wilderness journey shaped by the two girls’ complicated friendship.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teen and young adult readers interested in stories about grief and bereavement.
  • Readers drawn to friendship-centered fiction involving secrets, trust, and conflict.
  • Readers interested in wilderness journeys and young characters facing danger.

Themes

Grief and bereavementFriendship and trustGuilt and secretsAbuse and escapeSurvival in the wilderness

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Book overview

Seventeen-year-old Lottie Mitchell is a liar. She might also be a horrible person--because someone good wouldn't have caused the death of her best friend, Val. Messina, Lottie's other best friend, has her own secrets to worry about--she's running from her terrifying, abusive stepfather. When the friends learn that Val had planned to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, they set off into the desert with Val's ashes and her beloved copy of Wild to fulfill her dream. The only problem, aside from being woefully underprepared for the treacherous terrain and the fast-approaching fire season, is that without Val playing peacekeeper, Lottie and Messina are at each other's throats. The secrets they carry are heavier than their packs, and they're going to have to find their trust in each other--and themselves--if they're going to survive.

We Became Wild is a gripping, feral story about grief, friendship, and what it means to be a woman alone in the world.

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