The Territory, Escape

'I love reading Sarah Govett - she's whip-smart, funny and by plugging into the hope and energy of the youth makes me feel better about these dark times.' Dame Emma Thompson

Second in The Territory trilogy. The year is 2059. 15-year-old Noa Blake has to take an exam to stay in the Territory - but her childhood friend Jack has been sent to the disease-ridden Wetlands where few people survive long. Noa and new boyfriend Raf have vowed to rescue Jack, but how? Can they find a gap in The Territory's defences and will they find Jack in the wilderness beyond? And how divided are Noa's loyalties when put to the test...

'Truly heart wrenching! ... the 1984 of our time' The Guardian online

'Gripping dystopia with a keen political edge' Imogen Russell Williams, Metro

'This is a truly exceptional novel, exciting, gripping and intense' BookTrust

'pacy dystopian fantasy thriller' Telegraph's Best YA Books of 2015

'thrilling and thought-provoking' The Times

'powerful and shocking' Children's Books Ireland

'a terrific book. It simply is.' Bookwitch

'brilliant' Teen Librarian

'Brilliantly plotted, utterly gripping' Gemma Malley (The Declaration)

One of The Telegraph's best YA books of 2015

Auteur

Sarah Govett, 37, read law at Trinity College, Oxford. After qualifying as a solicitor, she set up her own tutoring agency. Her first book, The Territory was shortisted for the Times/Chicken House fiction competition and published by Firefly in 2015 to considerable acclaim.
She has two young children and lives in London.