A powerful, disturbing thriller reissued in The Originals series of classic teenage fiction. Martha is twelve – and very different from other kids, because of her parents. Strict members of a religious group – the Brethren – their rules dominate Martha’s life.

And one rule is the most important of all: she must never ever invite anyone home. If she does, their shameful secret – Abomination – could be revealed. But as Martha makes her first real friend in Scott, a new boy at school, she begins to wonder.

Is she doing the right thing by helping to keep Abomination a secret? And just how far will her parents go to prevent the truth from being known?