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Pick the Lock
A Young Adult General Fiction Novel by A.S. King
Subgenres:
- Surrealist Fiction,
- Coming-of-Age,
- Dysfunctional Family
This book is for you if you're into...
- Surreal family drama set in a Victorian mansion with pneumatic tubes
- Stories where security-camera footage reveals hidden truths
- Punk opera energy mixed with bizarre household dynamics
From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King, a weird and insightful new novel about a girl intent on picking the lock of her toxic family.
Jane Vandermaker-Cook would like her mother back. As Jane's mother tours the world to support the family, Jane lives and goes to school in a Victorian mansion with her younger brother and their mendacious father who confines Jane's mother to a system of pneumatic tubes whenever she's at home.
And then there's weirdly ever-present Aunt Finch, Milorad the gardener, and his rat, Brutus. For Jane, this all seems normal until she suddenly gains access to the files for a lifetime of security-camera videos—her lifetime.
A.S. King's latest surrealist masterpiece follows Jane's bizarre and brilliant journey to reconnect with her mother by breaking out of her shell and composing a punk opera.
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