When She Woke

By Hillary Jordan. Publisher: Algonquin

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As punishment for the murder of her unborn child, Hannah Payne is injected with a virus to turn her skin red. Jordan’s dystopian spin on The Scarlet Letter blends hot-button issues in a terrifyingly near-future America.

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ISBN:

9781565126299

Awards Won

Title Year
Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults

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Selected by the Books for Youth editors, the following titles comprise the year’s best personal reading for teenagers among adult books published in 2006. More on each book’s content and suggested audience can be found in the full-length Booklist review.
2011 - Selection(s)