The Tournament

Three girls with entangled pasts compete for glory in their elite all-girls private school’s annual tournament, putting their survival skills and relationships to the test in this young adult thriller that is “Shakespearean…stunning…dark academia at its finest” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

Gardner isn’t like other boarding schools. They take in those who’ve been rejected everywhere else, offer a survival skills class that has students killing and gutting animals, and then there’s the Tournament.

A competition available only to seven elite seniors, the Tournament is revered by the entire student body. They’ll do almost anything—including completing a series of grueling physical challenges—to win the champion’s cup.

This year, three seniors make the Tournament more cutthroat than ever.

Max is the ruthless scholarship student who can’t afford distractions—not even her ex-best friend Nora’s confession of love that shattered everything between them.

Nora has always stayed on the sidelines so Max could have everything she wanted, but she may be ready for center stage now that Max has cut her out of her life.

Teddy is the transfer student on her last chance, chasing any high that might pull her back from the dark void inside herself.

If one of them wants to win, they can’t let anything—or anyone—get in their way.