From the award-winning author of Dig comes a weird and insightful novel about a girl intent on picking the lock of her toxic family's secrets.
"A roller coaster of a book, Pick the Lock is one thrill after another."-NPR
"Updated and recast for a new generation, this is a much-needed, thought-provoking tale of survival and triumph."-BCCB, starred review
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 gains access to the files for a lifetime of security camera videos-her lifetime.
Pick the Lock is a punk opera, a primal scream, and a portrait of a family buried in lies.
| ISBN: | 9780593353981 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 2025 |
| Author: | AS King |
| Publisher: | Dutton Books for Young Readers an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 383 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Parents Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Abuse Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and behaviours |
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.
Pick the Lock features in the following genres: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Parents, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Abuse, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and behaviours
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Pick the Lock was written by AS King and published by Dutton Books for Young Readers an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group
Pick the Lock has 383 pages
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