The Project by Summers, Courtney

The Project is a pulls-no-punches story from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award winning author Courtney Summers, about an aspiring young journalist determined to save her sister no matter the cost.

The #1 Indie Next Pick and winner of the International Thriller Writers Award.

BELIEVE HIM, BETRAY HER

1998: Six-year-old Bea doesn't want a sister but everything changes when Lo is born early. Small and frail, Lo needs someone to look out for her. Having a sister is a promise, Mom says--one Bea's determined not to break.

2011: A car wreck, their parents dead. Lo would've died too if not for Lev Warren, the charismatic leader of The Unity Project. He's going to change the world and after he saves Lo's life, Bea wants to commit to his extraordinary calling. Lev promises a place for the girls in the project, where no harm will ever come to them again . . . if Bea proves herself to him first.

2017: Lo doesn't know why Bea abandoned her for The Unity Project after the accident, but she never forgot what Bea said the last time they spoke: We'll see each other again. Six years later, Lo is invited to witness the group's workings, meet with Lev, and--she hopes--finally reconnect with her sister. But Bea is long gone, and the only one who seems to understand the depths of this betrayal is Lev. If it's family Lo wants, he can make her a new promise . . . if she proves herself to him first.

Powerful, suspenseful and heartbreaking, The Project follows two sisters who fall prey to the same cult leader--and their desperate fight back to one another.

Author: Courtney Summers
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Published: 02/02/2021
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781250105738
Age Range: 13-18

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 513732 / Project


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 11/01/2020 pg. 68
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2020
Booklist 12/15/2020 pg. 95
Publishers Weekly 01/04/2021
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2021
Shelf Awareness 02/09/2021

About the Author
Courtney Summers is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of several novels for young adults, including Cracked Up to Be, All the Rage, Sadie, and I'm the Girl. Her work has been released to multiple starred reviews, received numerous awards and honors--including the Edgar Award, John Spray Mystery Award, Cybils Award and Odyssey Award--and has been recognized by many library, 'Best Of' and Readers' Choice lists. She lives and writes in Canada.