Eleven-year old Karin is blindfolded and dropped into the Hoge Veluwe National Forest with three other children. With nothing but a few basic supplies and food to last a couple days, the children are tasked with working together to navigate one of the Netherlands' most beautiful and wild locations and return home to where their families are anxiously waiting.

The youngest of the group and distracted by her own thoughts, Karin lags behind, suddenly looking up to see that the other children have vanished.

As Karin struggles against the elements to find her way back, she soon realizes that something far more sinister lurks in the woods.

Meanwhile, the parents are reeling from the knowledge that none of the children have returned. The authorities are alerted and the news media descends, turning the disappearances into a public frenzy. Amidst the chaos and hysteria, Karin's mother is facing threats of her own, making her doubt who she can trust. Will she be able to untangle this web of false leads and fake news to find her daughter-before it's too late?

About the Author
Nina Siegal is an American novelist and journalist who's lived in Amsterdam for over a decade, who's published two novels (the first a literary mystery), and who is a regular contributor to the New York Times. A Western European culture correspondent for American readers, she is deeply immersed in Dutch culture (in fact reports on it for the Times). She is also a single parent to an adolescent girl. A graduate of University of Iowa MFA program and Yale University, she was raised in New York City and currently lives with her daughter in Amsterdam, Holland.


Book Information
ISBN 9780316703567
Author Nina Siegal
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint Little, Brown & Company
Publisher Little, Brown & Company
Weight(grams) 460g
Dimensions(mm) 238mm * 158mm * 26mm