In My Head

I escape into my head. Into the clouds. Into space. Because anywhere is better than here, better than right now.

In my head, I'm safe from everything and the world is what I make it. There are no little brothers to protect from bullies. There are no predators around the corner trying to kill me. I'm not a freak. I'm not alone. And most importantly, I didn't see my dad murder my mother.

After finding her mom's dead body on the living room floor, after school one day Anina's life is never the same. All of a sudden she is whisked away to live with her half-brother's dad, is forced to move to a new school and now she must testify in court against her father. Her father is dangerous man, always on the wrong side of the law and hanging with wrong crowd. Uprooted from the only life she's known, avoiding being killed by members in her father's gang and handling high school may prove too much for Anina to handle. Anina wants nothing more to be left alone, to be left in her head.