Clay, Wyn develops a plan to manage basic training and live life, undetected as a boy in the military. Since the Breakdown, the government has cracked down on what women can do and what they are taught. She doesn’t want to work as a secretary, get married, or be a teacher. It’s nearly graduation and sixteen-year-old Wyn is tired of the lackluster opportunities available to women. Necropolis, the debut young adult novel by author Bethan Evans, is an empowering story about a young girl from an oppressed regime that goes undercover to join the Southern Company as an army cadet. However, when new organisations get involved, the pressure and challenges faced by the cadets only increases, and things get more complicated.Ĭan Wyn achieve her goal and prove societal oppression wrong, or will she crumble under the pressure? Wyn must work hard to maintain her cover whilst also trying to prove herself and create allies along the way. Once in the Company, the hard work doesn’t stop. To do this she must deceive them all and prove herself in training hard work ensues as she prepares to go undercover as a cadet in The Southern Company.
After years of watching the city’s army training base, she decides that this is where her excitement could be and, with some persuasion, decides that somehow she needs to sign up.
Between their lifestyle and the oppressions of society-which is trying to regain control through segmenting cities, bringing in gender divide and restricting freedom-Wyn is desperate for adventure and excitement.Īpproaching the end of her education, Wyn is looking at her options, and the lack of opportunities fuels Wyn’s desire. Wyn is a sixteen-year-old who has been brought up in the care of the Sisters, members of the religious community 'The Old Collection'. An empowering, inspirational, and thought-provoking story about a teenage girl who takes on the patriarchy.
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