This extraordinary, timely, and must-read novel from #1New York Timesbestselling author Nova Ren Suma explores freedom and rage as a young woman plots her way back to her hidden mountaintop home after her mother’s arrest for murder.

Three years ago, Talia lived happily in the ruins of the Neves,a once-grand hotel in the wilds of the Catskill Mountains, with her mother Polaand their community of like-minded women. Some came to the Neves to escape cruel men, others to hide from the law, but all found safety and connection in their haven high above civilization, cloaked by a mysterious mist that kept intruders away. But as their numbers grew, complications followed, and everythingcame crashing down the night electric lights pierced the forest. Uniformed men arrested Pola, calling her a murderer and a fugitive, and Talia was taken away.

Now sixteen, Talia has been forced to live withfamily she barely knows and fit into a world scarred by misogyny, capitalism, disconnection from nature . . . everything the women of the Neves stood against. She has one goal: to return to the Neves.But as Talia awaits a signal from her mother, questions arise. Who betrayed her community, and what is she avoiding about her own role in its collapse? Isit truly magic that keeps the hotel so hidden? And what does it mean to embrace being her mothers daughter?With the help of an unexpected ally, Talia must find her way to answers,face a mother whos often kept her at arms length, and try to reach the refuge she lostif the mist hasnt swallowed her path home.

Fierce and lyrical, unsettlingand tender,Wake the Wild Creaturesmarks the long-awaited return of one of the most distinctive voices in young adult literature.