On Tour 10/16/24-11/30/24 “Pick The Lock” by A.S. King

Release Date: September 24, 2024

About The Book:

PICK THE LOCK is the latest masterpiece from bestselling author and two-time Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King. Known for her innovative storytelling and deep explorations of the teenage experience, King shares a fresh, compelling, surreal journey that challenges societal norms and illustrates the struggles faced by young women in oppressive relationships and dynamics.

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.

About The Author:

A.S. King is the bestselling and award-winning author of many acclaimed booksfor young readers. Her novel Dig and the anthology The Collectors both wonthe Michael L. Printz Award, and her novel Ask The Passengers won the LosAngeles Times Book Prize. The New York Times called her “one of the best YAwriters working today.” In 2022, she was awarded the American Library Association’s Margaret A. Edwards Award for her significant contribution to YA literature. King spends many months of the year traveling the country talking to teenagers about writing, mental health, and succotash. She lives inPennsylvania. https://www.as-king.com/

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Book Blurbs:

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⭐️

“Printz Award–winning King has written another remarkable, character-driven book that dazzles with its originality. Withthat 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 ⭐️

“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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