"I would not even begin to consider that unless my life depended on it."
"Well, Avery, your life depends on it now."
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It started with a red balloon. Then another and another, until over the course of one week, Avery Steele had received seven red balloons.
Then came the letter.
The six words that changed sixteen-year-old Avery's life forever: I can see you from here.
That night is the night that Avery's face shows up on all the media, newspapers, and TV stations under the headline "Local Teenager Missing."
Several miles away, Avery is locked in a real-life fishbowl: a high-security, entirely glass enclosed, circular two-level room, the bottom half of which is filled with water. There, she meets a boy who has been reported missing for two years, Hunter Mackinnon. He tells her the disturbing story behind their kidnappings, enraging Avery.
Overwhelmed with anger and frustration, she comes up with a seemingly foolproof plan to escape. Of course, nothing ever goes as planned, and getting out of the "fishbowl" is much more complicated than either Hunter or Avery could have ever imagined...
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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