• The novel is in the ranking of "100 landmark books of the year" • A film adaptation is planned from the director of Big Little Lies
That night, a nightmare began. Luke's parents were killed, and the boy himself was thrown into an SUV and taken to an unknown destination. He comes to his senses in a place called the Institute. A kind of ghetto for somewhat... unusual children. They are kidnapped and kept here like laboratory rats. The director Mrs. Sigsby and the staff of this sinister institution mercilessly "pump" the children's telepathic and telekinetic abilities. Luke's new acquaintance says that it is impossible to escape from here. But he must try...
