National Network for Equitable Library Service

After nearly two hundred years of housing retardants, as they were once known, the Beechwood Institute is closing the doors on its dark history. Ella Jules, having arrived at Beechwood at the age of eight, must now rely on the state to decide her future. Ella's aging parents have requested that she be returned to her childhood home, much to the distress of Ella's siblings. The five adult Jules children, haunted by their early memories of their sister, are converging on the family home to talk some sense into their aging parents.