Sarah Crow

1816. Sarah is orphaned when her parents and younger brother suddenly all die of fever. She copes the only way she knows how—by cutting herself. When her remaining family members refuse the burden of taking in twelve-year-old Sarah, she is sent to live in a boarding school to train to become a governess.

Sarah’s self-harm behaviors grow out of loneliness and confusion while at the boarding school, often scaring the other girls. But Sarah has a curious and creative heart that only her two bes...