The Meadows

Praise for The Meadows:

* "This beautiful and important book is dystopian YA at its finest, and its themes of queer resilience and community will resonate for many years to come." —BCCB (starred review)

* "Oakes employs evocative prose and worldbuilding shot through with equal parts melancholy and hope to craft an intelligent dystopian tale that proves a biting interpretation of contemporary issues surrounding conversion therapy, homophobia, misogyny, and racism." —PW (starred review)

“[One of] the best YA novels hitting shelves . . . More necessary and timely than ever.” —Paste Magazine

“The Meadows is built with extraordinary parts—stunning language, complex characters, and the most exquisite heart. It’s a stop-you-in-your-tracks book, a reach-inside-and-grab-you book. I love its beating, beaming essence—that we are all good, and deserving of love, just as we are.” —Helena Fox, award-winning author of How It Feels to Float and The Quiet and the Loud

“Cogent and incisive in its remarks on our present world, [The Meadows is] timely and gripping, [with] tension at a constant simmer and a new revelation always around the corner.” —Kirkus

"I was utterly swept away from page one. Atmospheric and unsettling, The Meadows is a dystopia that belongs in every collection. This is an incisive examination of the quiet violence of conversion therapies and the revolutionary power of self-love." —Natalie C. Parker, author of the Seafire series

“Gripping . . . A YA Handmaid's Tale [that] toggles seamlessly between past and present. [For] readers who enjoy dystopian books with feminist themes.” —Booklist