The Five of Us

Dark academia is turned inside out in The Five of Us, an unsettling, propulsive thriller where home is not a sanctuary, isolation looms, and the future has evaporated. All that's left is fear, frustration, and an anger that won't go away.

Meet Crow, Goldfinch, Starling, Wren, and Cuckoo—five girls who will never tell you their real names. They're the brightest students at an underfunded, inner-city Bristol school, pushing toward opportunity despite the odds stacked against them. They believe...