National Network for Equitable Library Service

Four teens have dug up the time capsule that their parents buried in 1986 and never bothered to recover. But in addition to the expected ephemera of mixtapes, Walkmans, photographs, letters, toys, and assorted junk, Elayah, Liam, Marcie, and Jorja discover something sinister: a hunting knife stained with blood and wrapped with a note. The teens haven't just unearthed a time capsule: they've also dug up pain and secrets that someone, maybe one of their own parents, is willing to kill for.