The Salamander Stone

Oh, my! Is it a paranormal story, a romance, an adventure? The answer is a resounding yes! This book has it all.  

Amber, whose father is dead and whose mother is locked up in an insane asylum, suspected of his murder, lives as a boarder in a supposedly excellent British school where she's been sent for safe-keeping.  Amber knows, though, she is not safe--that no other student is either--especially the best and the brightest. She uncovers proof that appalling things happen to innocent kids in that school, unspeakable horrors committed in the name of science. She must escape to alert the authorities, but which authorities? Once free, she discovers there is no one she dares trust, for she's battling a conspiracy so earth-shattering it threatens not only the human race, but the very planet we live on. She is forced into hiding because she can no longer trust even those on whom she should be able to rely. On every side, danger and evil lurk and friend turns to foe. Some want her for the power they believe she can wield, others want to destroy her because of that very power. 

The only person Amber can rely on is... Amber.