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Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. From William C. Morris Finalist Nafiza Azad comes a thrilling, feminist fantasy about a group of teenage girls endowed with special powers who must band together to save the life of the boy whose magic saved them all. Meet the Wild Ones: girls who have been hurt, abandoned, and betrayed all their lives.

It all began with Paheli, who was once betrayed by her mother and sold From William C. It all began with Paheli, who was once betrayed by her mother and sold to a man in exchange for a favor. When Paheli escapes, she runs headlong into a boy with stars in his eyes. This boy, as battered as she is, tosses Paheli a box of stars before disappearing. With the stars, Paheli gains access to the Between, a place of pure magic and mystery.

Now, Paheli collects girls like herself and these Wild Ones use their magic to travel the world, helping the hopeless and saving others from the fates they suffered. Then Paheli and the Wild Ones learn that the boy who gave them the stars, Taraana, is in danger. But if Taraana is no longer safe and free, neither are the Wild Ones.

And that…is a fate the Wild Ones refuse to accept. Ever again. Get A Copy. Hardcover , pages. Published August 3rd by Margaret K.

McElderry Books. More Details Other Editions 6. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Wild Ones , please sign up. Nafiza There are lesbian, trans, and non-binary characters present in the book.

I just am not a fan of those topics but I would love to read the book. Pls let me know. Nafiza Hi, romance is not the theme of the book. While romance is present, the book is an explicitly feminist book focusing more on sisterhood and the plight …more Hi, romance is not the theme of the book. While romance is present, the book is an explicitly feminist book focusing more on sisterhood and the plight of women around the world. See 2 questions about The Wild Ones…. Lists with This Book.

Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Wild Ones. Dear Reader, I wrote this book for many reasons but perhaps the most prominent among them would be that sometimes you have no choice but to confront your vulnerabilities. Sometimes you have to stare at the person in the mirror no matter how much she scares you or hurts you. So I did. The story is, I confess, to an extent, an own voices one.

I've been there. I have tas Dear Reader, I wrote this book for many reasons but perhaps the most prominent among them would be that sometimes you have no choice but to confront your vulnerabilities. I have tasted the helplessness, the darkness, the frustration, and the anger.

The guilt, the self-blame, the hurt. It wasn't your fault. You are not unworthy. You are precious. This world is yours too.

I may have gotten things wrong but please understand there was no conscious malice intended. The story is true to my experiences and my experience isn't universal. The novel contains a lot of humour, a lot of sisterhood, some romance, and a whole ton of anger.

It also contains hope, because how can we be human without hope? View all 5 comments. View all 13 comments. Oct 25, Lala BooksandLala rated it it was amazing. View 1 comment. The cover is stunning, and I loved the idea of a magical girl squad that could represent many readers who felt not represented in the YA genre. The Wild Ones is on girls and women that centers on their hard struggles in life, the strength they can find from others, and creating a loving family that they can feel supported.

Azad expands on how we form relationships and the horrors or beauty that can lay within them. This novel brings to center stage issues girls and women face around the world in our society. It demonstrates how we can find a community with others to face head-on the struggles that all women endure. We get to see how the survivors cope after these horrible experiences they have faced over their lifetime.

One of the main problems with this book was it was so difficult to follow this book. The book switched between the first person of Paheli, the leader of the Wild Ones, and another point of view of one of the wild ones. But we are never told who the other point of view is. There were also so many characters in this book. There were 11 girls in the Wild Ones then you have various side characters as well as Taraana.

Either the characters should get more development or have fewer Wild Ones so we can learn more. The writing was another major problem in this book was the writing. Usually, there is only one writing style used in the book, but various writing styles were confusing to follow.

There were moments where the writing style was full of so much life and written beautifully. Other times, we switch to writing, which was similar to middle-grade writing style, and it was choppy, and many things were redundant.

But other times the writer did the one thing writers should avoid. Instead of showing the story through the writing, she just straight up told us what was happening. This took so much away from the story and creates a disconnect for me.

The writing style did not match up with the more serious themes presented in the book. The worldbuilding was very weak.

Most of the time, we would receive vague descriptions of places The Wild Ones would travel. We are told that there is a Keeper of the Between. I just thought of it as a place with doorways where you can travel to other locations. Middle Worlders are people who can use magic. Many times in the book, they are either described, as human or not human. Most of the time I found the worldbuilding to be lacking and sometimes to be very confusing.

Honestly, I feel like we got more worldbuilding for the food the characters ate rather than the actual world they live in. The pacing in this book was also all over the place. The beginning was very slow, so it took me forever to get into the book.

I found it to be very confusing while simultaneously being very boring. I would prefer for it to keep a faster pace throughout rather than having a super slow beginning and fly-by ending.

Overall, this book fell flat for me and ended up being a major disappointment. I had high hopes for this book, and it ended up not reaching most of them.

Women with melanin in our skin and voices in our throats. Voices that will not be vanquished. Not now, not ever. We will not be silenced. Enabling men to conquer their bodies as an ultimate prize during a conquest. Scurrying around from bed to bed giving disregard to the countless broken hearts laid by a path of deceitful pleasure. A profession she does not wish to follow. Paheli yearns for a better life, but all hope was shattered when her mother attempted to sell her to a man in exchange for a favor.

Lost in disbelief, running without a destination, she comes across Taraana-a starry eye boy who handed her a box. Paheli was unaware that this would be the moment that would change her life and many other girls she encounters. Um Yes! Sounds kind of overwhelming, doesn't it? I thought that initially, however, they move as one but they each have their own distinctive voice and characteristic. He's been through some difficult battles on his own and he just releases all your nurturing feelings, wanting to protect him at all costs.

The magical elements were carefully crafted. Now for the hard part. The author did not act in a restraining manner. There are a lot of topics involved that may be unpleasant for some people to read. It's a means to turn your past feelings of helplessness, frustration, and anger into something so strong and beautiful. The commentary among the girls was cute and entertaining.

No matter where they go, their priority is food first I connect with them on a spiritual level for their love of mangos. The romance was a mild but a nice addition.

Overall, this is not just a group of girls struggling with their own demons or trying to save the situation. This is a sisterhood, together they are braver than they can believe and stronger than they appear. I valued every aspect of this story. Check out this review and others on my blog! We have the temerity to be not just women, but women of color. Women with melanin in our skins and voices in our throats. The story follows Paheli, an Indian character who was sold by her mother in exchange for a favor.

After she ran away, broken and hurt, she bumped into Taraana, who tossed her a box of magic stars before vanishing. Paheli then gathered girls like her who Check out this review and others on my blog! Paheli then gathered girls like her who were betrayed and abused, and together with the magic stars they help others who have lost hope and save them from misery. Azad painted this story in a rich, whimsical writing style that left me starry-eyed haha pun haha.

The writing fills the plot with emotions, which made me sniffle and smile. Society puts forward the notion that female friendships are always inferior to romantic relationships. Girls and women are always expected to move away from friends once they find a significant other—in most cases, a man. I wanted the sisterhood to be the central part of the novel. Yes, this does mean that sometimes the individual characters are not as finely wrought as they might otherwise be but I think the payoff is more than worth the sacrifice.

The second reason I created a sisterhood was that I grew up as part of one and remain a part of several sisterhoods. It is my truth and I wanted to convey this aspect of the female experience. This story conjures all of the senses so powerfully. The Wild Ones are powerfully rendered characters, but each city they visit almost becomes a character in the way they are so vividly rendered.

How has your own travel or love of these cities affected this story? I grew up in the countryside, perhaps that is why I love cities so much. Every city has a different song. I realized this fact as I researched the cities and tried to glimpse it from so far away. I wanted to show the tremendousness of the world so I showed many different cities that are all fiercely individual and fiercely flavorful.

The cities I chose are bursts of color and all places I wish to travel to someday. The Wild Ones lose their homes long before they accept the star that allows them to travel the Between. In return, I give them the entire world to call their own. The Wild Ones have freed themselves from the traumas and restrictions of their earlier lives to become a family in the Between.

What spaces and places do you hope that teens and young adults have now that allow them to step out of their trauma and restrictions? Healing takes a very long time. They are in the process of healing and once they are ready to move on, they will take off the star and leave the group to pursue whatever life they wish to. As someone who has been through trauma, I know what I wished for most was the space to be sad and the space to completely fall apart so I could then put myself back together again.

I wish all teens and young adults have safe spaces, places where they can be quiet and scream. Seeing the strength the girls have on their own and especially when they were together melted my heart.

The bond shared between them was unbreakable. For that alone, I think readers should give this book a chance. The hope and empowerment especially for young girls of color is something special. Support your favorite indie bookstore when you purchase them from Libro. Get the same audiobooks at the same price as that other place, all while supporting your community. Get TWO audiobooks for the price of one with your first month of membership when using the code Bookstacked.

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