The Red Flower

Nearly paralyzed by grief over her own dead, Aubrey is looking for birds for a science assignment when she stumbles across a murdered boy in the park. The boy has a mysterious red flower tattoo on his arm, and the next morning the red flower appears on Aubrey's arm. Driven to find out what happened to the boy and his missing girlfriend, Aubrey enlists the help of her little brother, a basement video game player, and the dead boy's best friend. But someone is playing increasingly ruthless tricks on her, a mysterious owl is watching, and the three old ladies on Sycamore Street may not be what they seem. Based on a Grimm's fairy tale, The Red Flower gives tweens and teens a determined new hero in a story of magic, suspense, and a little romance.