About the book: 2016 / Thirteen-year-olds have their flaws, and growing up has never been more difficult. Jenna promised her mother that if anything bad happened during her father's weekend, they would meet at Red Hill Ranch. After she discovers seven words spray-painted on her father's wall the morning after a deadly outbreak, she makes a promise to herself to make it to the ranch alive with her seven-year-old sister, Hallie. Among the Monsters is a companion piece to the Red Hill novella, both books explore two perspectives on what broken families experience every weekend: What if your child isn't there when the world falls apart? What lengths will you go to to get to them? What lengths will they go to to get to you? For Jenna, seeing her mother again is worth everything. Determined to keep her promise, she faces experiences and decisions that force her to leave her childhood behind..