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At Zeppelin Bend, an outdoor education program designed to teach troubled youth the value of hard work, cooperation, and compassion, ten teens are left alone in the wild. The teens are a diverse group who come from all walks of life, and they were all sent to Zeppelin Bend as a last chance to get them to turn their lives around. They’ve just spent nearly two weeks learning to survive in the wilderness, and now their instructors have dropped them off eighteen miles from camp with no food, no water, and only their packs, and they’ll have to struggle to overcome their vast differences if they hope to survive.
Inspired by The Canterbury Tales, Feral Youth features characters, each complex and damaged in their own ways, who are enticed to tell a story (or two) with the promise of a cash prize. The stories range from noir-inspired revenge tales to mythological stories of fierce heroines and angry gods. And while few of the stories are claimed to be based in truth, they ultimately reveal more about the teller than the truth ever could.
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Living in the UK and enjoying english Literature, I have a special interest in The Canterbury Tales. As a result, I was on the hunt for a suitable retelling and found this. Honestly, I couldn't have asked for a better book. I loved how this was told in short stories, reminiscent of the original, as well as the atmosphere created by the author so well and that matches the theme of the overarching story as will as the mini ones. Personally, I don't usually read this style of book so I think that may have contributed to why I didn't think this was a new favourite but I would highly recommend.