Levez, Olivia

"Willow has everything: a rich daddy, a pony and a place at a prestigious boarding school. Everything except the one thing she really wants -- a father who cares enough to find her when she runs away from home. On the ever of her father's wedding, Willow runs again into the unknown. Her mother was a circus performer and Willow longs to follow in her footsteps. But when all of her money is stolen and her only friend, a street performer called Suz betrays her, Willow is left penniless and alone"--Back cover.

"Frances is alone on a small island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. She has to find water and food. She has to survive. And when she is there she also thinks about the past. The things that she did before. The things that made her a monster. Nothing is easy. Survival is hard. And so is being honest about the past. Frances is a survivor though and she sees that the future is worth fighting for."--Publisher description.