"When you've made a thousand wishes praying that the 1,000th wish comes true."
In 1947, 16 year-old Clara Hamilton was accused and wrongfully convicted for the murder of her father. Her stepmother, Alice, sent her to Blackwater Asylum, where she may very well spend the rest of her days.
Blackwater Asylum is a private facility in Massachusetts, where wealthy families send their not-so-perfect offsprings to forget. With no oversight, Dr. Heinrich Von Stein is free to conduct experiments on the patients under his care.
Not long after arriving, Clara realizes the detrimental situation she has found herself in as she listens nightly to the screaming of the mentally insane all around her. Her own sanity is in question as the time passes and she finds herself losing days with no memory of what occurred. Suddenly prone to fits of violent rage and hallucinations, she starts to doubt her own innocence.
Her only hope of escape is a legend her governess had told her from Japanese folklore. One wish to repeat as she makes 1,000 origami cranes. If she believes, her wish will come true. As if a sign, Clara finds a stack of paper under her bed and obsessively folds the cranes all day and long into the night.
Her former governess never had the chance to warn her that all magic comes with a price, and Clara did not expect for her wish to turn out the way it does. Still, she's given a chance to clear her name and seek vengeance for those who hurt her, and she's going to take it.
What truths will she uncover on her quest to clear her name and make the real culprit pay for her father's death?
This book is suitable for teens and adults alike. Please see the author's note for further information on content which may be disturbing, along with a note on the use of historical terminology.
