Dark Companion
by Marta Acosta
When foster teen Jane Williams is invited
to attend elite Birch Grove Academy for Girls and escape her violent urban
neighborhood, she thinks the offer is too good to be true. She's even offered
her own living quarters, the groundskeeper's cottage in the center of the birch
grove.Something's not quite right about the school -- or is it Jane? She
thinks she sees things in the birch grove at night. She's also beginning to
suspect that the elegant headmistress and her sons are hiding secrets. Lucky is
the gorgeous, golden son who is especially attentive to Jane, and Jack is the
sardonic puzzling brother.The school with its talented teachers and
bright students is a dream for a science and math geek like Jane. She also loves
her new friends, including hilarious poetry-spouting rich girl, Mary Violet. But
the longer Jane stays at Birch Grove, the more questions she has about the
disappearance of another scholarship girl and a missing faculty member.
Jane discovers one secret about Birch Grove, which only leads to more
mysteries. What is she willing to sacrifice in order to stay at this
school...and be bound to Birch Grove forever?
to attend elite Birch Grove Academy for Girls and escape her violent urban
neighborhood, she thinks the offer is too good to be true. She's even offered
her own living quarters, the groundskeeper's cottage in the center of the birch
grove.Something's not quite right about the school -- or is it Jane? She
thinks she sees things in the birch grove at night. She's also beginning to
suspect that the elegant headmistress and her sons are hiding secrets. Lucky is
the gorgeous, golden son who is especially attentive to Jane, and Jack is the
sardonic puzzling brother.The school with its talented teachers and
bright students is a dream for a science and math geek like Jane. She also loves
her new friends, including hilarious poetry-spouting rich girl, Mary Violet. But
the longer Jane stays at Birch Grove, the more questions she has about the
disappearance of another scholarship girl and a missing faculty member.
Jane discovers one secret about Birch Grove, which only leads to more
mysteries. What is she willing to sacrifice in order to stay at this
school...and be bound to Birch Grove forever?