Girl in a Bad Place

The Haven, a commune in the mountains, seems harmless -- until Mailee's best friend Cara decides she's going to stay there forever. How far will Mailee go to bring her friend home?

Mailee and Cara take care of each other. Mailee is the star of the high school plays; Cara is the stage manager. Mailee can't keep her life together; Cara has enough organizational skills for the both of them.So when the girls are invited to visit the Haven, a commune in the mountains near their suburban Montana homes, it seems like an adventure. Until Cara starts spending every waking minute there ... and Mailee thinks it's creepy, almost like a cult. When Cara decides she's going to move to the Haven permanently, Mailee knows it's a bad idea. But how far will she go to save her best friend ... from herself?

Kaitlin Ward is the author of BLEEDING EARTH (Adaptive Books, Feb. 2016) and THE FARM (Scholastic, Sept. 2017). She grew up on a dairy farm in a tiny New Hampshire town, the same town where she lives now with her husband and son. Before settling back in her hometown, Kaitlin studied animal science at Cornell University. She co-founded the well-known blog, YA Highway, and by day she works at a company that sells coins.