1st things first the book was horrible. I never knew a book about 4 whiny kids who got left in a cara in a mall's parkinglot and their mother was in an in an institution would be so pleaseing to readers. I was forced to read it by my idiotic teacher. Their mother runs off and she winds up in an institution in Boston. So they go to their cousin who is becoming a nun and has no life. Their grandma is a syco nut case and thinks about what it would be like to eat kids and babies. So if u read this think about it, it is a waste of time.