You cant read cant write but you heal fast even for a witch. You get sick if you stay indoors after dark. You hate White Witches but love Annalise who is one. Youve been kept in a cage since you were fourteen. All youve got to do is escape and find Mercury the Black Witch who eats boys. And do that before your seventeenth birthday. Easy. Edgy arresting and brilliantly written Half Bad grips you from the first page and doesnt let go. Michael Grant. A brilliant debut that is both deeply unique and unsettling one that chilled me to the bone and broke my heart even as I sped through its pages. This will haunt you. Marie Lu