Bibliograph

Only ever yours, Louise O'Neill

Type

Label

Only ever yours, Louise O'Neill

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

780L, Lexile

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Only ever yours

Oclc number

904444611

Responsibility statement

Louise O'Neill

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, UG, 5.6, 14, 14, 177193

Summary

"Where women are created for the pleasure of men, beauty is the first duty of every girl. Women are no longer born naturally, girls (called "eves") are raised in Schools and trained in the arts of pleasing men until they come of age. Freida and Isabel are best friends. Now, aged sixteen and in their final year, they expect to be selected as companions--wives to powerful men. All they have to do is ensure they stay in the top ten beautiful girls in their year. The alternatives--life as a concubine, or a chastity (teaching endless generations of girls)--are too horrible to contemplate. But as the intensity of final year takes hold, the pressure to be perfect mounts. Isabel starts to self-destruct, putting her beauty--her only asset--in peril. And then into this sealed female environment, the boys arrive, eager to choose a bride. Freida must fight for her future--even if it means betraying the only friend, the only love, she has ever known"--Amazon.com

Target audience

adolescent

Classification