Kuehn, S. (2014). Complicit. New York: St. Martin's Griffin.
Cate and James' mother died when they were young. They were adopted by the Henry's, a wealthy family whose children died in a train accident. Cate becomes a difficult teenager, alledgelly burns down a neighboring family's barn and is sentenced to jail. While in jail, James struggles with many neurological disorders, including his hands going completely numb when he gets stressed. After "Crazy Cate" gets out of jail, James is determined to find the truth about his childhood. James finds out that it was he who shot and killed their mother, he who set the barn on fire, and he eventually pushes Cate to her death as well. His brain had blocked out all of the traumatic events in his life because he committed them. It wasn't "Crazy Cate" after all, it was "Crazy James."
What a twisted surprise at the end of this book! It was an easy book to follow, actually finished it very quickly because I couldn't stop reading it. I love when I find books that I can't put down! I would recommend this book to high school children, as they should be mature enough to handle the material. This could definitely be used in an English class or psychology to learn about how our brain's react differently to traumatic situations.
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