Broken, Beautiful, Dangerous

Amaya Avery is fourteen, dangerous, and drowning.
Everyone calls her a monster-because she says the cruelest things, because she scares teachers, because she breaks down in the hallway and laughs when she should be crying.
But the truth is worse than anyone suspects.
Amaya isn't cruel because she wants to be. She's cruel because she's terrified.
Because inside her head lives something that isn't her-something that feeds on her pain, her panic, her darkest thoughts.
Every time she hates herself, the monster grows stronger.
Every time she lashes out, it learns her voice.
And it wants to escape.