Synopsis: Blankets

A child is left in the dark when her mother dies.

Anah's mother was her defender, her midnight rescuer, the person who chased away all the shadows and monsters in the night. No one tells Anah how her mother died - they're trying to protect her, but all she knows is that one night her mother is there and the next she is not. In Anah's mind, the shadows and monsters killed her mother.

Her family and teachers just think she's crazy. But without her mother to chase them away, the monsters are coming to get her. Little by little, inching across borders built up over the years, until it's not even safe during the day.

They're going to get Anah, too.

Unless she does something about it first.