The Caretakers Amanda by Bestor-Siegal,

Set in the sprawling luxury mansions outside Paris, where au pairs are treated as family members. Geraldine is director of the au pair language school program, but numbers have dropped since the

2015 terrorist attack. The book opens with the arrest of Alena, accused of killing her charge, Julien, his body lying under a sheet as it is carried into the ambulance. A police officer questions caring Geraldine, who invites homesick students to stay at her apartment. Alena and Lou were both at her place when the alleged crime happened. Confident Lou voiced, “Maybe Geraldine could rescue the children from their parents.” Alena adds, “Where are the parents when we’re seeing all the ways they [the kids] are completely messed up?”