While gathering experience required for graduating, Sera and three classmates are separated from their camping group by a rainstorm and a flood. They spend the night on higher ground...and that's when when the personal threats and mind games begin. You'll want your nightlight during those. Then the story crescendos into what could've been a terrifying climax, but is only mildly interesting as the attacker is a dull cliché. Stop reading at chap 31.

Judith Finch is a girl growing up in a /Little House on the Prairie/-esque town called Roswell Station. Her childhood is ordinary enough until she witnesses the murder of her best friend. Her life is spared but she is hidden away for two years until she is released back into the town. Judith must face challenges such as the marriage of her longtime crush, an attack on her hometown, and identifying her kidnapper--all while being mute and illiterate