Author:
Narrator: Hilary Huber
Format: Unabridged-CD, Paperback
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Published: Jan 2008
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
Retail Price: $29.95
Madeline Dare has traded in the drudgery of living in backwoods Syracuse, New York to work as a teacher at Santangelo Academy, a boarding school for emotionally disturbed teenagers in the Berkshires. Behind the ornate gates of the academy, she finds a disturbing realm where students and teachers must follow the dean's bizarre therapies.
From her first day, Madeline doubts Dr. Santangelo's credibility--and she's not afraid to voice her concerns. But she quickly discovers that many of her colleagues are devout followers of the dean. When a chilling event confirms Madeline's suspicions, she feels trapped within a school full of lunatics. Shut off from the outside world, Maddie forms an unlikely alliance with a small group of rebellious students whose constant resistance to authority may be her only salvation.