David was a shy, introverted boy with no friends. He
is goaded into asking Cass for a date, but she turns him down, gently,
she thought. But then she wrote a note to her friend about refusing
David's offer of a date, poking fun at him, and left it in the usual
place. Unfortunately, David saw her slip the note into the hiding
place, and picked it up. It was devastating to his fragile personality...the
very last thing that he could tolerate, and he decided to just end
it all.
Kyle is bent on revenge against Cass; a cruel and
unusual revenge. He manages to get into her bedroom while she is
asleep, drugs and kidnaps her, and buries her alive in a wooden
box that he has constructed for just that purpose. When Cass regains
consciousness and realizes that she has been buried alive, she is
terrified. But Cass, ever resourceful, knows that she must keep
her captor talking long enough to exploit his fears and figure a
way out of her dilemma.
Giles’ skill at characterization and plotting have
combined to bring us a complex psychological thriller that you can't
put down. It's a story of parental psychological abuse, and the
difficulty of being a teen with a fragile psyche. Alternating
between points of view, this frightening story will keep the most
reluctant reader riveted through the very last page.