The compulsive new thriller from multimillion-copy bestselling author Jennifer Niven.
Eight students walk into an exclusive writers' retreat, but only one will walk out with a life-changing opportunity to realize their creative dreams.
Effy is piecing together a story about the tragic betrayal that led to her mother's death. Arlo hopes to publish a novel - but he's also trying to start a new chapter with Effy after he broke her heart and ghosted her three years earlier.
Their mentor is Meredith Graffam, enigmatic writer, director and actress, whose compelling accounts of her own near-death experience on the same retreat decades before continue to spark controversy.
But this celebrated teacher is not all she seems, and her students gradually realize they are fighting for something much more primal than academic advantage. As Graffam's unorthodox teaching methods push them past breaking point, they reveal their darkest secrets, take unthinkable risks and slowly start to turn on one another. But Graffam never expected they would turn on her . . .
The Secret History meets One of Us is Lying in the most gripping thriller of the year.
| ISBN: | 9780241772492 |
| Publication date: | 4th September 2025 |
| Author: | Jennifer Niven |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Reading age: | 13+ |
| Genres: |
Thrillers Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance and love Romance / Relationship Stories PSHE: Bereavement and Grief |
The compulsive new thriller from multimillion-copy bestselling author Jennifer Niven.Eight students walk into an exclusive writers' retreat, but only one will walk out with a life-changing opportunity to realize their creative dreams.Effy is piecing together a story about the tragic betrayal that led to her mother's death. Arlo hopes to publish a novel - but he's also trying to start a new chapter with Effy after he broke her heart and ghosted her three years earlier.Their mentor is Meredith Graffam, enigmatic writer, director and actress, whose compelling accounts of her own near-death experience on the same retreat decades before continue to spark controversy.But this celebrated teacher is not all she seems, and her students gradually realize they are fighting for something much more primal than academic advantage.
When We Were Monsters is aimed at readers aged 13 and over.
When We Were Monsters features in the following genres: Thrillers, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance and love, Romance / Relationship Stories, PSHE: Bereavement and Grief
Paperback, Hardback. £8.99, down from the £9.99 cover price. In Stock.
When We Were Monsters was written by Jennifer Niven and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
When We Were Monsters has 384 pages
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. In Stock.