The Tenth Girl cover

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 6.1
Points 23.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 140231
Points per Word 0.000164
Page Count 460
Points per Page 0.05

Description

In 1978, 18-year-old Mavi takes a teaching job at Vaccaro School, an isolated finishing school in Patagonia, rumored to be haunted. Story has profanity, sexual sitiations, child abuse, self harm, underage drinking and drug use, and disturbing imagery.

Quick Summary

Set in an eerie, isolated finishing school in Patagonia with a chilling legend about ten girls and a ghostly presence, this novel wraps readers in foggy, unsettling mystery from the very first page. Readers will be drawn into the layered secrets, the slow-burn dread, and the way the story weaves together past and present to reveal shocking truths about the school's dark history. If your teen loved the twisty, atmospheric mystery of "We Were Liars" or the haunting storytelling of "The Lovely Bones," they'll be completely absorbed by this. Perfect for students in grades 10-12 who enjoy psychological suspense and Gothic-style mysteries with real emotional depth.