Publisher's Synopsis
Theo and Mathis are twelve-year-old best friends. They do what best friends do: they keep each other's secrets. And they share a dangerous one. Helene, their teacher, can tell something is up. As a dark trauma from her past resurfaces, how far will she go to save Theo, a boy adrift between parents who are no longer speaking to each other? Cecile is Mathis's mother. She doesn't trust Theo, and can see he's a bad influence, but she's distracted: her husband has a secret life, and she's just discovered it. As the four stories wind tighter and tighter together, the dark side of fiercely held loyalties begins to emerge, and the adults prove to be as vulnerable as the children they seek to protect...
