Astrid, the only child of a single mother, struggles to find a place for herself in a world full of foster homes and impossible circumstances, after her mother is jailed for murder.

"Could a hundred-year-old circus sideshow be the key to Frankie's mysterious past? Seventeen-year old Frankie doesn't trust easily. Not others, and not even herself. Found in an alley when she was a child, she has no memory of who she is, or why she was left there. Recurring dreams about a hundred-year-old carnival sideshow, a performer known as Alligator Girl, and a man named Monsieur Duval have an eerie familiarity to them. Frankie gets drawn deeper...

A GIRL SEARCHING FOR A HOME IN ONE WORLD... FINDS A DESTINY IN ANOTHER. Josephine has spent the last fifteen years in foster care, always hoping for a better life. Now, with a new foster home, she feels safe, almost 'normal'-until she and her foster brother, Jack, stumble across a mysterious portal in their backyard. Jo feels a powerful connection to their new discovery-a pull to the light that she cannot explain. And when a dangerous situation...