April Shadows Author:V.C. Andrews In the strange and tumultuous Taylor household, April had always felt like an outsider. Her older sister Brenda was tall, athletic, competitive, and sure of herself. But April was short, sensitive, and overweight-and she couldn't bounce back from her father's cutting criticisms the way Brenda did. April didn't know why their once-loving dad had ... more »become a cold-hearted monster, but she was sure it had something to do with her. And she could see how his cruel behavior was tearing away at her gentle mother. What secret will change their lives and the way they view him-and the way April views herself?
In the middle of this turmoil, an unexpected glimmer of hope has appeared like a ray of light bursting through the rain clouds. Brenda has brought home her college roommate: beautiful, bewitching Celia. And April wonders if she might not be so different from Brenda after all...
First in the series followed by Girl in the Shadows.« less