Victoria is perfect. The town she lives in is perfect. Nothing bad really ever happens there. Except that sometimes children disappear. But no one seems to notice, or care. It just doesn't matter. Until it does, to Victoria. She doesn't have many friends, but she has chosen Lawrence, for some strange reason. He's not near as perfect as her. Loves the piano, has a stripe in his hair like a skunk. Then one day, he's gone. Just like that. His parents aren't telling her the truth about where he is, and there's something about the too-big smiles on their faces these days that chills Victoria to the bone. She begins to investigate the town's history. Could Lawrence's disappearance have something to do with the Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls?
EWWWW...this book is CREEPY! It reminds me a lot of Neil Gaiman's Coraline, where the grown-ups are completely and totally evil in unimaginable ways. It drew me in from the beginning. It even got a little TOO weird and gross at the end! Awesome!
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