Concealed
Whensixteen year-old Bijou Fitzroy and her nomadic grandmother leave New York City to live in a home in the sleepy town of Sykesville, Maryland,Bijou thinks she will finally be able to live a normal life and be likeeveryone else. This move will be permanent, and Bijou cannot be anymorethrilled. After years of being shut away by her grandmother, Bijou will finallyable to interact with peers, make friends, go to school, and live like a normalteenager.
Movingaround and being homeschooled definitely made it difficult to make friends, butthere are other reasons for Bijou’s solitude. Witheyes that constantly change from gray to green to a honey-coated shade of brownand an ability to feel exactly what other people are feeling, the concept ofobtaining closeness is more of a fable than a reality. Although her eyes arebeautiful, their constant shift in color instills a sense of fear within otherpeople and causes them to look away. Bijou’s premonitions, blackouts, andsemi-prophetic dreams of a faceless boy don’t help her social musings either.Regardless, she decides to attend the local high school.
Bijou is immediately introduced to Sebastian Sinjin,a quirky and unusually beautiful boy who doesn’t seem to belong in a highschool in nowhere Maryland.Sebastian is also special. Instead of looking away from Bijou, he makes directeye contact with her. And when he shakes Bijou’s hand something dark andfamiliar to awaken within her as an electric shock surges through her body.Bijou soon finds herself deeply attracted to Sebastian, who remains aloof andoften acts like Bijou doesn’t exist.
Despite the pains of having her first real crush,Bijou makes friends quickly and excels in all of her classes…well, all exceptfor Mythology with Mr. Jennings. Mr. Jennings’ class starts off great withendless discussions of djinn and how they conceal themselves from the humaneye, but things soon take a turn for the worse when the stories of the mythicalcreatures begin to take shape in Bijou’s life.
The Story Behind This Book
When sixteen year old Bijou Fitzroy moves to Sykesville with her grandmother, evil awakens in the sleepy town, putting human as well as other lives in danger.
