How Girls Are Made

Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis's dark, multi-POV contemporary novel follows three teen girls as their lives intersect on a catastrophic trajectory. Fallon is a fixer. From planning prom to organizing her college applications, shes got it all figured outexcept for when her younger sister comes to her with very basic questions about sex. Shocked that she knows so littleand her fellow classmates even lessFallon decides some practical education is in order. And Fallon isnt above practicing a little civil disobedience by creating a secret, underground, off-campus group. Shelby is a fighter. Having her nose broken is nothing new in her semiprofessional career but this time its her boyfriend who threw the punch. Now her phone is blowing up with texts from a new guy, who tells her shes perfect, shes special, shes everything hes ever wantedexcept for a few small details. Shelbys happy to adjust for him, because isnt that what a healthy relationship is about? Jobie is a failure. She doesnt have enough followers and her posts never go viral, no matter how hard she crushes challenges and applies exactly the right filter. But a friendly DM from a good girl just like her points her in the direction of a whole new audience of admirers. Guys who just want to talk. Guys who give her the attention shes always wanted. The lives of all three girls intersect in Fallons secret class, rumors of which have parents up in arms. Fallon needs to keep herself anonymous, Shelby needs to keep her new boyfriend happy, and Jobie needs to keep her followerswho keep asking for more. Each girl finds herself trapped in an inescapable situationthat will leave one of them dead.