The Children and the Wolves — Adam Rapp

Three teenagers -- Bounce, the genius girl, and her drifter sidekicks, Wiggins and Orange -- are holding Frog hostage. The four-year-old Frog seems content to live on cereal and to play a video game about wolves all day long, a game that eerily parallels the reality around her. As the stakes grow higher and the guilt and tension mount, Wiggins finally brings Frog to a trusted adult. Adam Rapp's mesmerizing narrative ventures deep into disturbing territory.