You're in the walls that I made with crosses and frames / Hanging upside down / For granted, in vain, I took everything / I ever cared about / What was supposed to be a peaceful summer unravels into one of the most thrilling, tumultuous times of Sanaya Mendoza's life. A treasure hunt, the reckless escapades of her best friend falling for a notorious Pogue, and the alarming descent of said friend's older brother into madness, which culminates in an act of horrifying violence-she is caught in a whirlwind she never saw coming. And just as everything spins out of control, she discovers that her mother is harbouring a secret from her, one that she fears above all else. In the midst of all this upheaval, her life has one more cruel twist to offer. Her adventures with stir up a long-buried childhood crush-an inconvenient and unbidden longing for the most abhorrent boy on the entire Island, and in this chaos, Sanaya realizes that even the most carefully constructed walls can't hold forever.