Barry S. Silver

Two eight-year-old children, Nonnie and her friend Alex, are left to their own devices in trying to sort out whether or not Alex's recently deceased mother is truly haunting them.

Hillary and Bonnie meet one morning by the side of the road. They become fast friends, share their secrets, and, on a rising wave of frenzy, later that afternoon, murder an old woman. They did it, they say later, for fun.

A fifteen-year-old boy takes a road trip with his recently widowed grandmother.