Hidden

Helen Frost’s novel-in-poems “Hidden” tells the engrossing tale of two girls, Wren Abbott and Darra Monson. When Darra and Wren are eight years old, their father steals a minivan without realizing it, and Wren is hidden in the back. The subsequent events irrevocably alter the lives of both girls.

Years later, they cross paths once more at a summer camp, this time facing one another. The book examines the intricacies of memory and the continuing power of their friendship through alternating points of view, exposing tales that have been kept secret for a very long time.