Wow. Just wow. This was one of those books that I feel like I will need a little while to recuperate. The story of Carey kidnapped by her mother as a four year old unfolds slowly as she and her sister are rescued at the beginning, and we as readers try to figure out what exactly happened to them in their ten years living in the wilderness. Obviously something horrible happened based on her sister's select mutism and Carey's lack of trust in anyone, but I wasn't expecting just how bad things were. 
 This is a horribly sad story about family (both the good and bad sides of it) which I had a difficult time putting down - it's a shorter book (250ish pages) which I finished in about a day. You definitely need to be in a specific mood to read a book like this, but it will not disappoint. I was rooting for Carey the whole way through and felt bad for her naivete about the way the "real world" worked after being isolated for so long. 
 Overall, a great book!