Lives are in the balance in bestselling author Caroline B. CooneyÕs newest young adult thriller, Three Black Swans.

Missy and her cousin Claire are best friends who finish each otherÕs sentences and practically read each otherÕs minds. ItÕs an eerie connectionÑso eerie that Missy has questions she wants to put to her parents. But sheÕs afraid to ask. So when Missy hears an expert discussing newborn babies on the radio, it makes her wonder about her family.

Missy just canÕt let go of those nagging questions, and decides to use a school project about scientific hoaxes to try to uncover the answers. She enlists Claire to help. As part of the project the girls perform a dramatic scene that is captured on video at school. After the video is posted on YouTube, Missy and Claire realize that theyÕve opened PandoraÕs box and much more than they ever imagined has come out. Not only are their identities called into question, but so is the future of everyone involved.

In this riveting, heartrending story by thriller author Caroline B. Cooney, the truth changes the lives of three familiesÑas the bonds of blood must withstand the strains of long-hidden secrets that are at last revealed.

From the Hardcover edition.