A spine-tingling debut thriller about the ultimate game of cat and mouse as a teen struggles to hold onto hope, and her sanity, while attempting to escape a cunning and determined killer--now with a brand-new look!

Ruth Carver has always competed like her life depends on it. Ambitious. Tough. Maybe even mean. It's no wonder people call her Ruthless. When she wakes up with a concussion in the bed of a moving pickup truck, she realizes she has been entered into a contest she can't afford to lose.

At a remote, rotting cabin deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Ruth's blindfold comes off and she comes face-to-face with her captor. A man who believes his mission is to punish bad girls like Ruth. A man who has done this six times before. The other girls were never heard from again, but Ruth won't go down easy. She escapes into the wilderness, but her hunter is close at her heels. That's when the real battle begins, and Ruth must decide just how far she'll go to survive.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 05/13/2025
ISBN: 9781665973915
Pages: 256
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.56d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 150190 / Sleepless
Reading Level: 4.6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 7