WILDFIRE

Annie and Pete. Pete and Annie. They've been best friends forever, and they're meant to be together. Annie's known it since they were kids. And even if Pete has Preet, his perfect, beautiful, and annoyingly kind girlfriend, Annie's not too worried. She and Pete will find their way back to each other. Eventually.

After a series of tragedies, Annie finds herself spiraling down, down, down, eventually flunking eleventh grade. Pete decides to take Annie on a hiking trip, just the two of them, like old times. Exploring the wilderness is second nature to Annie, and they're both hopeful that this will bring her back to herself.

But Mother Nature isn't always so kind. On the mountainside, Pete is injured; he swears it's just a scrape, but that scrape soon becomes a wound - a painful, concerning one. They went into the woods to save Annie, but now it's Pete that needs rescuing, and Annie isn't sure she's strong enough to do it.

Haunting and raw, Carrie Mac's story of love and friendship will stay with readers long after the journey is done.

Carrie Mac is an award-winning Canadian novelist. Her debut novel for teens 10 THINGS CAN SEE FROM HERE was published by Knopf in 2017. WILDFIRE is her second novel for a young adult audience.