A Goodreads user asked M.R. Carey:

"Girl" was, for me, a near-perfect book. I became immersed in the world you created and have lingering questions. I want to know about the feral children. How do they adapt to the world under Miss Justineau's tutelage, if at all? Is Miss Justineau pregnant? I was enthralled by the book's ending and am hoping you are going to write a sequel. So, really, that's my official question. Are you planning to write a sequel? .

M.R. Carey No immediate plans for a sequel, Jennifer. I would love at some points to write a meanwhile-quel, set in Beacon at the same time as the events of GIRL. But that would be some way in the future: I have at least two other books to write first.

Obviously it's left as a very open question what happens to the children next. In my head, Miss Justineau lives long enough to give them the same sort of education that Melanie has had. She becomes the link between the old world and the new. There is actually an additional chapter, which I excised from the book but which is available (I think) on the Facebook page. It picks up a couple of years after the end of GIRL and gives a glimpse of how things might have gone...

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