![]() ![]() ![]() Jeb is dating a girl who makes Alyssa’s life miserable, and Alyssa’s crush on Jeb makes everything worse. As her mother’s grasp on reality gets worse, Alyssa also finds herself fighting with Jeb, her best friend. Her ability to hear bugs and plants talk is very unsettling, and the rest of Alyssa’s life is anything but calm. Alice Liddell was the actual inspiration for Alice in Wonderland. However, in Howard’s story, Alice dies in an insane asylum.Īlyssa’s mother is in an insane asylum too, and Alyssa is afraid that she too is going mad. A retelling of Alice in Wonderland, Splintered follows Alyssa Gardner, a descendant of Alice Liddell. These stories drag us down a rabbit-hole of adventure and fantasy, and usually stay with us for a while. There are some books that grab their readers and refuse to let go. ![]()
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