Pick the Lock
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Pick the Lock
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Narrated by:
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Max Meyers
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Jorjeana Marie
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A.S. King
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By:
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A.S. King
About this listen
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.
* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF that contains the set description illustration and legend from the book.
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©2024 A.S. King (P)2024 Listening LibraryCritic Reviews
★ "Printz Award–winning King has written another remarkable, character-driven book that dazzles with its originality. With that and its employment of magic realism, it is sui generis, and at 400-plus pages, it is one of King’s most ambitious, and most successful, books. And that, God knows, is no lie."—Booklist, starred review
★ "A worthy literary heir to feminist novels like The Stepford Wives, updated and recast for a new generation, this is a much-needed, thought-provoking tale of survival and triumph.”—BCCB, starred review
"Helmed by Jane’s penetrating commentary, this unconventional narrative melds punk anthems and bewildering interludes from a shape-shifting rat with King’s quirky blend of present-day issues and mind-bending twists to unlock complex, thought-provoking insight."—Publishers Weekly
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- Bridget Schaumann
- 25-10-2024
As expected, a different take on important issues
Her books are always engaging, complicated and unexpected. This one is no exception. She’s my favourite YA writer and I’m grateful that kids in school have the experience of reading books that make them think and feel because of her magnificent writing and quirk. Highly recommend for every high school library and for English teachers to teach (only in a way that doesn’t put kids off reading more). This takes on some very hard issues and doesn’t preach or talk down. So good!
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