When Mary says that she didn't have a choice (after her mother's un-death, her brother kicked her out and she wasn't getting married) of whether or not to stay with them, the head nun, Sister Tabitha threatens to turn Mary out into the Forest to show her that 'There is always a choice.'

Locked Away in a Monastery: Mary is sent to live with the Sisterhood after her mother is Infected.

Future Imperfect: Mary finds a book of Shakespeare's sonnets and has no idea what they are, and sees Roman numerals on the path and can't understand them.Days of Future Past: Sort of, the society is more like that of medieval Europe.And later on, they find another similar village. City in a Bottle / The Wall Around the World: The fence protects them from the Unconsecrated.Capital Letters Are Magic: Well not magic, but people are Infected by the Unconsecrated and the Guardians protect them.Betty and Veronica: The one Mary is betrothed to and his brother.The only means of communication is by arrow and letter (and given one of the communicating character's poor aim, this isn't so easy). Arrowgram: Two sets of characters live in treehouses for a brief period of time, unable to go to the ground or hear each other over the din of the zombies.She sees the ocean at the very end of the book. Arc Words: Mary's mother's story about the ocean.After the End: Set generations after a zombie apocalypse.It has two sequels The Dead-Tossed Waves (2010) and The Dark and Hollow Places (2011). The Forest of Hands and Teeth is a 2009 YA, post-apocalypse novel by Carrie Ryan. And, when the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. She's learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power. But slowly, Mary's truths are failing her. The fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. You must always mind the fence that surrounds the village. In Mary's world, there are simple truths.

In the forest of hands and teeth