A Disappearing World

By: Julia Kitlinski-hong

Violet Chen is sent by her callous mother to Sunrise, a therapeutic boarding school in rural Montana. But Sunrise is nothing like Violet expected with its unrelenting rules. Violet's new therapist, Frances, gives her an ultimatum: show empathy towards her mother if she wants to graduate. Little does she know how far Frances will go to force her compliance.

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Book Description

Violet’s mother has always tried to turn her own mind against her. Now she has found the ultimate weapon: a school willing to enforce her lies.

Violet Chen has never trusted her mother, who has always been overeager to find something wrong with Violet’s mind and exploit it. Thus, when she is sent off to Sunrise, a therapeutic boarding school, she has no reason to trust the therapists there, either.

Upon arrival, her suspicions are confirmed: Sunrise is not a sanctuary but a psychological prison. She is held hostage by strict rules, drugged into a stupor, and relentlessly monitored. Worse yet, she is assigned to Frances, a callous therapist whose ulterior agenda quickly comes to light: to manipulate Violet into believing she is to blame for her dysfunctional family.

Finally, Frances gives Violet an appalling ultimatum: to graduate, she must show her abusive mother empathy. Violet is livid, but the choice is obvious: if this is the game Frances wants to play, she must feign compliance in order to escape. With her mind unraveling amid emotional turmoil, Violet vows never to let Frances win—even if it costs her sanity.

Lose yourself in the coming-of-age story of a girl who, despite devastating psychological mistreatment, is determined to free herself from those who hold her captive.

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