About this Book

"I need to see you. Please come right away. We have to finish." Frances Robinson is in high school now. She lives a quiet, suburban life, far from her horrifying past. When she was a child, her birthmother smothered her three sisters. Through pure luck, Frances survived. Now her mother has just been released from prison . . . and she wants to see Frances. A new boy at school called Nix charms Frances. Together, Nix and Frances embark on a clandestine journey to visit Frances mother: to confront the monster in its lair. This trip will help Frances at last find peaceor die trying. But no matter what, Frances will discover just what it means to finish.