17 years-old, Leighton Barnes is starting her senior. This year will be a balancing act for Leighton. She has to navigate her home warry of her father's temper and destructiveness. His fits of rage regularly destroy her home, which manages to repair itself leaving no proof of his unpredictable tantrums. A murder of crows has descended on Leighton's New England town sending people into an erratic panic. Meanwhile, she has become curious about a boy, who may be too good to be true. Leighton has been her sisters' keeper shielding them from her father. Now that college is a possibility ever within her grasp, can she walk away from her only chance to get away from him? Can Leighton leave her sisters behind?