My Hands Came Away Red

Right up until the day they burned the church, I thought I understood things. You know... God, people, myself. Life. Then, suddenly, I understood nothing except that we had to run. And that we might never make it home. When eighteen-year-old Cori signed up for a mission trip to Indonesia she was mostly thinking about escaping her complicated love life, making new friends, and having fun on the beach. She never expected a civil war to flare up on the nearby island of Ambon. She never expected violence to find them. And she never expected that seven teenagers would be forced to flee into the hazardous refuge of the mountains on their own. Now, haunted by blood and fire, Cori and her teammates must rely on each other to survive. Praised by Publishers Weekly as “fast-paced,” “thought-provoking,” and one of the “best novels of the year,” My Hands Came Away Red will take you deep into the jungle with Cori as she desperately searches for answers and a safe way home.