Things I Shouldn't Think

Everyone has disturbing thoughts sometimes. But for seventeen-year-old Dani Solomon, strange thoughts have taken over her life. She loves Alex, the little boy she babysits, more than anything. Then one day she envisions harming him. The images are so gruesome, she cant get them out of her mind. In fact, Danis worried that she might actually kill Alex. So she confesses her thoughts to keep him safeand consequently sets off a media frenzy that makes Dani Death the target of an extremist vigilante group. Through the help of a daring psychiatrist, Dani begins to heal her broken mind. But will it be too late? The people of her community want justiceand Danis learning that some thoughts are better left unsaid. Janet Ruth Young writes convincingly about mental illness. Danis disorder is based on a real form of OCD and her treatment incorporates actual psychiatric methods, making The Babysitter Murders an authentic read that teens wont be able to put down.