The chaperone
(Book)

Girls in New America must have a chaperone with them at all times . Because of this, Stella is never alone. Stella feels lucky that her chaperone, Sister Helen, is like a friend to her. But when Sister Helen dies suddenly, she's assigned a new chaperone just days later. Sister Laura is different. She has radical ideas about what Stella should be doing. As Stella spends more time with Sister Laura, she begins to question everything she's been taught. What if the Constables' rules don't actually protect girls? What if they were never meant to keep them safe? Once Stella glimpses both real freedom and the dark truths behind New America, she has no choice but to fight back against the world she knows, risking everything to set out on a dangerous journey across what used to be the United States.