“Aneerie,savagenovel.“--BulletinoftheCenterforChildren’sBooksAmericanHorrorStorymeetsthedarkcomedyofKafka’sTheMetamorphosisasCatsearchesforawaytoescapeherhighschool.Ataleoffamily,love,tragedy,andmasks--theonesothersmakeforus,andtheoneswemakeforourselves.KatzenjammerwillhauntfansofChelseaPitcher’sThisLieWillKillYouandE.Lockhart’sWeWereLiars.Catlivesinherhighschool.Sheneverleaves,andforalongtimeherschoolhasprovidedherwitheverythingsheneeds.Butnowthingsarechanging.Thehallwayscontractandexpandalongwiththeschool’sbreathing,andtheshowersinthebathroomrunabloodyred.Cat’sbestfriendisslowlyturningintocardboard,andinsteadofaface,Cathasacatmaskmadeofherownhardenedflesh.Catdoesn’trememberwhysheistrappedinherschoolorwhyhalfofthem--Catincluded--areslowlytransforming.Escapinghasalwaysbeentheoneimpossibilityinherschool’supside-downworld.Buttosaveherselffromtheeventualself-destructionallthestudentsface,Catmustfindthewayout.Andtodothat,she’llhavetorememberwhatputherthereinthefirstplace.Usingchaptersalternatingbetweenthepastandthepresent,acclaimedauthorFrancescaZappiaweavesaspine-tingling,suspenseful,andhauntingstoryabouttragedyandthepowerofmemories.FansofMariekeNijkamp’sThisIsWhereItEndsandKarenMcManus’sOneofUsIsLyingwilllosethemselvesinthepagesofthisnovel--ormaybeinthetreacheroushallwaysoftheschool.Includesinteriorillustrationsfromtheauthor.
