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Pick the Lock

By A.S. King
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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. Pick the Lock introduces Jane Vandermaker-Cook, a girl who longs to have her mother back. As Jane's mother travels the... Read More
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Pick the Lock

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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.

Pick the Lock introduces Jane Vandermaker-Cook, a girl who longs to have her mother back. As Jane's mother travels the world to support the family, Jane finds herself living 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.

Alongside her peculiar entourage, including weirdly ever-present Aunt Finch, Milorad the gardener, and his rat, Brutus, Jane's life appears normal until she gains unexpected access to files containing security-camera videos spanning her entire 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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780593353974

Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 September 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Dutton Books for Young Readers

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 146.0mm

Height: 219.0mm

Weight: 482g

Pages: 400

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A.S. King Children’s, Teenage and Educational Fiction Young Adult

About the Author

A.S. King is the award-winning author of many acclaimed books for young readers. Her novel Dig won the 2020 Michael L. Printz Award, and Ask The Passengers won the 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The New York Times called her "one of the best YA writers working today." In 2022, she was awarded the American Library Association's Margaret A. Edwards Award for her significant contribution to YA literature. King lives with her family in Pennsylvania, where she returned after living on a farm and teaching adult literacy in Ireland for more than a decade. www.as-king.com

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