"This book will seem fresh to new readers for decades to come."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Family secrets turn deadly in this edgy page-turner about the insidious
limits of labels and the ties that bind just a little too tightly, from
the New York Times bestselling author of the Chronicles of Vladimir
Tod*.*
Growing up, Adrien and his sister, Grace, competed viciously for
everything. It wasn't easy being the adopted sibling, but Adrien tried
to get along; it was Grace who didn't want anything to do with him. When
their scientist parents died in a terrible lab fire, there was nothing
left to hold them together.
Now, after years apart, Adrien and Grace are forced to reunite at the
elite boarding school where their parents were teachers. Being back
around everyone he used to know makes Adrien question the person he's
become, while being back around Grace makes him feel like someone he
doesn't want to be.
For as much as Adrien wants to move on, someone seems determined to
reopen old wounds. And when Adrien starts to suspect that Grace knows
more about their parents' deaths than she let on, he realizes there are
some wounds no amount of time can heal. If Adrien isn't careful, they
may even kill him.