Chosen one : a novel by Williams, Carol Lynch 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2012)

BTSB #: P01868 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Cults - Fiction Polygamy - Fiction Family life - Fiction

Summary: In a polygamous cult in the desert, Kyra, not yet fourteen, sees being chosen to be the seventh wife of her uncle as just punishment for having read books and kissed a boy, in violation of Prophet Childs' teachings, and is torn between facing her fate and running away from all that she knows and loves.

Dead-tossed waves by Ryan, Carrie 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2011)

BTSB #: P01442 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Zombies - Fiction Family secrets - Fiction Cults - Fiction

Summary: Gabry lives a quiet life in a town trapped between a forest and the ocean, hemmed in by the dead who hunger for the living, but her mother Mary's secrets, a cult of religious zealots who worship the dead, and a stranger from the forest who seems to know Gabry threaten to destroy her world.

Liar's daughter by Peterson, Megan Cooley 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2020)

BTSB #: 710819 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 4 UG

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Cults - Fiction Family life - Fiction Kidnapping - Fiction Brainwashing - Fiction Memory - Fiction

Summary: Desperate to escape deprogramming after being rescued from a cult, seventeen-year-old Piper wants to rejoin her family, but the truth about that family, her past, and herself cannot be denied.

Liar's daughter by Peterson, Megan Cooley 

Paperback(Holiday House, 2020)

BTSB #: 710820 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 4 UG

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Cults - Fiction Family life - Fiction Kidnapping - Fiction Brainwashing - Fiction Memory - Fiction

Summary: Desperate to escape deprogramming after being rescued from a cult, seventeen-year-old Piper wants to rejoin her family, but the truth about that family, her past, and herself cannot be denied.

Patron saint of butterflies by Galante, Cecilia 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2012)

BTSB #: P01724 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-13   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Cults - Fiction Communal living - Fiction Connecticut - Fiction

Summary: When her grandmother takes fourteen-year-old Agnes, her younger brother, and best friend Honey and escapes Mount Blessing, a Connecticut religious commune, Agnes clings to the faith she loves while Honey looks toward a future free of control, cruelty, and preferential treatment.

Stone testament by Rees, Celia 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2009)

BTSB #: P00926 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Cults - Fiction Shamans - Fiction

Summary: This is a powerful novel of tremendous scope from the best-selling author of Witch Child -- a literary thriller with all the mystery Celia's fans love. The whole history of the human race is in Adam and Zillah's hands.

Wrong way home by O'Shaughnessy, Kate 

BTSB Prebound(Knopf, 2024)

BTSB #: 693609 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 640 F&P: Z

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Adjustment (Psychology) - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Cults - Fiction

Summary: When twelve-year-old Fern and her mother abruptly leave their isolated, off-the-grid community, Fern wants nothing more than to return, but things get murky as she slowly adjusts to her new life and discovers unsettling truths about her old one.