Super Short Summary

In Every Secret Thing, two fifth-graders, Alice Manning and Ronnie Fuller, find a baby seemingly abandoned in a stroller and decide to care for her. Seven years later, after the baby's death and their release from juvenile detention, children start disappearing in similar circumstances. As the story unfolds, Nancy Porter investigates the girls' involvement, revealing secrets from their dark pasts and their potential connection to the current kidnappings involving race and class conflict in Baltimore. The novel addresses sensitive topics such as child abuse and psychological trauma.