I love the true-crime category it’s so committed to the search for truth and justice.Īnd then Serial came out. What made you decide to integrate a true-crime podcast into Sadie? I had to talk to Summers about this intriguing storytelling structure, books for dark times, and whether she prefers cake or pie. The central question of whether Sadie will find her sister’s killer is paired with another question: Will the podcast’s team catch up with her before she does, and if they do, will it be too late? The story is told in alternating chapters that follow the eponymous protagonist as she vanishes from her hometown to seek revenge on the man who killed her little sister, and a true-crime podcast, The Girls, that’s investigating Sadie’s disappearance. In many ways, Courtney Summers’s latest book, Sadie (out on September 4), keeps with the rest of her YA oeuvre: It’s a dark, provocative story about childhood sexual assault, murder, revenge, flawed people, and the sexism with which society views-and harms-women and girls. (Sept.)Ĭorrection: A previous version of this review misstated the author's prior title.Courtney Summers (Photo credit: Megan Gunter)
Summers expertly weaves together drama, mystery, and romance via George’s guileless narration for an intense look into one girl’s wish to be seen as mature, and the powers that manipulate her, in this powerful, ultimately hopeful performance. At Aspera, she befriends Ashley’s older sister, Nora, and helps her dig into the mystery of Ashley’s assault and death even as George delves deeper into the sinister adult world of glitz and glamour she’s longed for. When George makes it to Aspera, the owners take her under their wing, giving her an admin job while she’s disappointed to not be an Aspera girl, it’s implied that if she does well, she can move up. Injured, she stumbles upon the corpse of 13-year-old Ashley James, who was sexually assaulted before her death. While biking to Aspera, hoping to persuade them to hire her, she’s knocked unconscious in a hit-and-run and, when she comes to, finds her bike and bag missing. Georgia Avis, 16, wants to be an Aspera girl, one of the beautiful young women who works at a members-only mountainside resort. Summers ( The Project) attentively outlines harsh realities of bodily autonomy, predatory behavior, and sexual violence in this emotionally raw and brutally captivating novel.
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