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A Young Elites Novel
by Marie Lu
From New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu comes the second book in the exhilarating Young Elites series.
Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of friends. Then they betrayed her, and she destroyed them all.
Adelina Amouteru's heart has suffered at the hands of both family and friends, turning her down the bitter path of revenge. Now known and feared as the White Wolf, she and her sister flee Kenettra to find other Young Elites in the hopes of building her own army of allies. Her goal: to strike down the Inquisition Axis, the white-cloaked soldiers who nearly killed her.
But Adelina is no heroine. Her powers, fed only by fear and hate, have started to grow beyond her control. She does not trust her newfound Elite friends. Teren Santoro, leader of the Inquisition, wants her dead. And her former friends, Raffaele and the Dagger Society, want to stop her thirst for vengeance. Adelina struggles to cling to the good within her. But how can someone be good, when her very existence depends on darkness?
Bestselling author Marie Lu delivers another heart-pounding adventure in this exhilarating sequel to The Young Elites.
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When I did Readers Advisory while working at the public library, I always suggested "Ordinary Grace" & "River We Remember" by William Kent Krueger, "Boys in the Boat" by Daniel James Brown, "Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer, "Bookish Life of Nina Hill" by Abi Waxma...
-Carol_Ann_Robb
"Starred Review. A tightly woven tapestry of a story that ensnares even as it disturbs." - Booklist
"Original and sobering, Adelina is an antihero of nigh-unremitting darkness: an unusual young woman in the mold of such archetypes as Lucifer, Macbeth, and Darth Vader." - Kirkus
"Teens will be fascinated to watch the main character descend into villainy and revel in it." - School Library Journal
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Marie Lu is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 15 novels, including Legend, The Young Elites, Warcross, Skyhunter, and Stars and Smoke. Her adult debut, Red City, was released in October 2025. She graduated from the University of Southern California and jumped into the video game industry, working for Disney Interactive Studios as an artist. Now a full-time writer, she spends her spare time reading, drawing, playing games, and getting stuck in traffic. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.
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