Story Summary:
Freddy's is a distant memory to Henry Emily- at least, he wants it to be. He founded Junior's Pizza to forget, but his daughter, Charlie isn't so eager to leave Freddy's behind. Her father carries on like it never existed, but Charlie remembers everything. She remembers the four animatronic characters that made up so much of her childhood- Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie the Bunny, Foxy the Fox, and Chica the Chicken. She remembers the missing children incident, which rocked the small town of Hurricane, Utah. She remembers the years of pain following the incident, remembers her father selling the franchise to try and erase it.
Now 19 years old, she helps with birthday parties and maintains her father's new animatronic creations at Junior's. Mr. Hippo, Happy Frog, Orville the Elephant, Pigpatch, and Nedd Bear make Junior's what it is- a real life fairy tale. But Charlie knows that the fairytale is nothing more than a facade. Her father is hiding something, and a horrific incident sends her searching for answers. What she uncovers is even more disturbing than she ever thought possible- and her father isn't the person she thought he was.
A story about friendship, the pain of the past, and feelings born in the shadows of memories.
Charlie is a girl with a mysterious past, raised in the shadow of tragedy and the secret of an old pizzeria. Roger is a strange and brilliant boy with a dark soul, who lost his parents and hides behind a black sweatshirt and caustic humor. They are only eight when they first meet, and from that moment on, their worlds change forever.
They grow together - through secret places, first tears, timid touches, and hard revelations. But Charlie's past does not sleep, and Roger's heart beats faster every time he is near her. This is not just a coming-of-age story. This is a story about how two people, carried away by time, still find each other - in the rustle of rain, in Morse code between desks, in stolen glances and impulsive kisses.
When silence becomes louder than words, there is only one thing left to do: trust those who keep it with you.