[COVER REVEAL & FIRST CHAPTER EXTRACT] The Island by C.L. Taylor #TheIslandBook
T h e Isl and by C.L. Taylor Published by HQ Young Adult on 21st January 2021 Lost meets The H unger G ames in the thrilling new young adult novel from C.L. Taylor, the Sunday Times and million-copy bestselling author. Welcome to The Island. Where your worst fears are about to come true… It was supposed to be the perfect holiday: a week-long trip for six teenage friends on a remote tropicalisland. But when their guide dies of a stroke leaving them stranded, the trip of a lifetime quickly turns into a nightmare. Because someone on the island knows each of the group’s worst fears. And one by one, they’re coming true. Seven days in paradise. A deadly secret. Who will make it off the island alive? First Chapter Extract CHAPTER 1 JESSIE L ife would be so much easier if I were a psychopath. I’d be charming, manipulative and a pathological liar. I also wouldn’t be wondering what Danny, Honor, Jeffers, Meg and Milo are talking about on the other side of the pool, their fac