Sadie

Shadow

Too Bright to See

Found: The Missing

Shadow Girl

What Happened to Rachel Riley?

The Smashed Man of Dread End

Lost for Words

A twisted tragedy leaves Brooke and her siblings on their own in this provocative new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used To Be.

How do you let go of something you’ve never had?

Junior year for Brooke Winters is supposed to be about change. She’s transferring schools, starting fresh, and making plans for college so she can finally leave her hometown, her family, and her past behind.

But all of her dreams are shattered one hot summer afternoon when her mother is arrested for killing Brooke’s abusive father. No one really knows what happened that day, if it was premeditated or self-defense, whether it was right or wrong. And now Brooke and her siblings are on their own.

In a year of firsts—the first year without parents, first love, first heartbreak, and her first taste of freedom—Brooke must confront the shadow of her family’s violence and dysfunction, as she struggles to embrace her identity, finds her true place in the world, and learns how to let go.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Sadie

Houchens Sue, 2018

Shadow

Chantel Brooks, 2020

Too Bright to See

Kyle Lukoff, 2021

Found: The Missing

Margaret Peterson Haddix, 2008

Shadow Girl

Sally Nicholls, 2014

What Happened to Rachel Riley?

Claire Swinarski, 2023

The Smashed Man of Dread End

J.W. Ocker, 2021

Lost for Words

Aoife Walsh, 2019