After being hospitalized for insisting that her mother was murdered, not killed in an accidental fire, Grace goes to live with her grandfather for a fresh start, but when she sees her mothers murderer again, her past comes back to haunt her.

When her successful fashion designer mother is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, seventeen-year-old Serene must take over her mother's business while also trying to find her father with the help of a new boy in town in whom she finds refuge and love.

From alternating points of view, none of which can be trusted, Herman Koch weaves together an intricate tale of a writer in decline, a teenage couple in love, a missing teacher, and a single book that entwines all of their fates.

With prom and graduation around the corner, senior Leah Burke struggles when her group of friends start fighting.

" For more than a decade, Jenna Metcalf has never stopped thinking about her mother, Alice, who mysteriously disappeared in the wake of a tragic accident. Refusing to believe that she would be abandoned as a young child, Jenna searches for her mother regularly online and pores over the pages of Alice's old journals. A scientist who studied grief among elephants, Alice wrote mostly of her research among the animals she loved, yet Jenna hopes the entries...