The Quiet Classroom

During a winter concert rehearsal at Hawthorne Elementary, first-grade teacher Emily Harper receives an emergency warning: a dangerous fugitive has been reported near the school.Then Hawthorne's new security system fails.With the classroom telephone dead and electronic locks behaving unpredictably, Emily must lead eighteen frightened children through a concealed passage hidden behind a classroom bookcase. Custodian Thomas Callahan uses his knowledge of the aging building to create a false trail and draw the danger away.But when Emily counts her students, she discovers the unthinkable.One child is missing.As smoke spreads through the school and the truth behind the failed security system begins to emerge, Emily must choose between remaining with the children depending on her-or returning to the silent corridors for the child left behind.The Quiet Classroom is an emotional suspense thriller about courage, sacrifice, accountability, and the extraordinary people who refuse to leave anyone behind.