Pick the Lock /
King, A. S., 1970-
Pick the Lock / A.S. King. - 383 pages 22 cm
new YA book 2024 fall.
"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 ... surrealist [book] follows Jane's bizarre and brilliant journey to reconnect with her mother by breaking out of her shell and composing a punk opera"--.
9780593353974
Home schooling--Fiction
Mothers and daughters--Fiction
Family violence--Fiction
Punk rock musicians--Fiction
Abused wives--Fiction
Security systems--Fiction
Opera--Fiction
Family problems--Fiction
Novels.
Young adult fiction.
Pick the Lock / A.S. King. - 383 pages 22 cm
new YA book 2024 fall.
"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 ... surrealist [book] follows Jane's bizarre and brilliant journey to reconnect with her mother by breaking out of her shell and composing a punk opera"--.
9780593353974
Home schooling--Fiction
Mothers and daughters--Fiction
Family violence--Fiction
Punk rock musicians--Fiction
Abused wives--Fiction
Security systems--Fiction
Opera--Fiction
Family problems--Fiction
Novels.
Young adult fiction.