As a nanny in a New England beach town, eighteen-year-old April has extreme devotion to four-year-old Hunter and his baby sister, Rosy. But during what was supposed to be an extraordinary summer of new friends and falling in love, she witnesses a scary accident that changes everything. April is put to the ultimate test. Only she knows the truth behind what happened. But will she be able to expose it? And at what price? In The Accident, April struggles to find the truth in herself amidst a summer of lies.