Awake Arc of a Scythe and the Tale of the

and the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

She knew her uncle was keeping a secret: a payoff from a mob boss that was going to take him out of the tenements and into a better life

but that means Finlay now owes them

So begins Things I Wish I Told My Mother

wickedly entertaining thriller for our times

Awake Arc of a Scythe and the Tale of theThe epic story of a brave little girl facing the ultimate enemy: a spider in the corner of her bedroom In a big, big cityon a busy streetat the tipity top of a tall buildinglives a girl. One night, after a story, a snuggle,and one last sip of water,she was getting so sleepy when out of the corner of her eye