Mercy Point

A YA thriller from the author of theacclaimed debut novel, Only Daughter.

Emma Arlington knows that herparents are hiding a secret, and she's sure she knows what it is: she'sadopted. Emma has never felt she belonged. Not in the small mountain community she livesin, not at school, and not at home. Thanks to an online group of similarlyminded teens, she's gotten used to the idea of adoption. They chat all day andinto the night, and Emma knows that when she meets the other members she'llhave a new family; a place where she truly belongs.
It turns out the people she'sbeen sharing her soul with are actually kids she knows from school: Michael thebully, Fabian the weasel, and Tessie, the most boring girl in the world.

When Michael overhears his dadon the phone, the friends are determined to discover what their parents arehiding - something they soon find is much more sinister than just adoption.

It is a secret thatgoes to the very heart of the town itself.

Ficção / Literatura Estrangeira / Suspense e Mistério