Family drama

In An Instant, by Suzanne Redfearn

During a family trip to Big Bear, sixteen-year-old Finn Miller and her family are involved in a terrible accident, their vehicle plunging over the steep side of the road on a snowy night. Finn is killed immediately, but remains, suspended between two worlds, to watch how the others fare. There are some serious injuries between them, but the most immediate threat is the cold. In the hours following the accident, the various members must do whatever they can to survive. Read More »

The Light of the Fireflies, by Paul Pen

The boy lives in a basement with his family: father, mother, grandmother, brother and sister. They live in the basement because they cannot go outside. Apart from the boy, the whole family was horribly scarred during a fire. The sister was so disfigured that she has to wear a mask all the time. The boy is perfectly content with his life, as he has never known anything else. But after his sister has a baby, things begin to change. Everyone is acting oddly and the boy begins to wonder about the outside world. Read More »