The Pact'The novelist displays an almost uncanny ability to enter the skins of her troubled young protagonists.' New York Times For eighteen years, the Hartes and the Golds have lived next door to each otherso close it seems they have always been a part of each other's lives. Parents and children alike have been best friends, so it's no surprise that in high school, Chris and Emily's friendship blossoms into something more. They've been soul mates since they