Shaylee Kendall is not your typical teenager, although she is rebellious, boy-curious, addicted to texting and wants to be accepted by the popular clique, there is one major obstacle that hinders her...Shaylee Kendall is apparently a mute. Her hearing is normal but she chooses not to speak, a major symptom of her disorder and the reason why she's victimized at school. Shaylee turns out to be a bully's worst nightmare when one-by-one cruel students begin turning up murdered in horrific ways. Shaylee's mentally disturbed mother Mary desperately attempts to re-enter her life but soon becomes the prime suspect in the gruesome serial killings. Ultimately the net of suspicion widens as deception and motives grow. Secrets are finally revealed that will blur the line between who is good and who is truly evil.