Using chapters alternating between the past and the present, acclaimed author Francesca Zappia weaves a spine-tingling, suspenseful, and haunting story about tragedy and the power of memories. And to do that, she’ll have to remember what put her there in the first place. But to save herself from the eventual self-destruction all the students face, Cat must find the way out. Escaping has always been the one impossibility in her school’s upside-down world. Cat’s best friend is slowly turning into cardboard, and instead of a face, Cat has a cat mask made of her own hardened flesh.Ĭat doesn’t remember why she is trapped in her school or why half of them-Cat included-are slowly transforming. The hallways contract and expand along with the school’s breathing, and the showers in the bathroom run a bloody red.

She never leaves, and for a long time her school has provided her with everything she needs. Lockhart’s We Were Liars.Ĭat lives in her high school. Katzenjammer will haunt fans of Chelsea Pitcher’s This Lie Will Kill You and E. A tale of family, love, tragedy, and masks-the ones others make for us, and the ones we make for ourselves.

She also blogs about writing at Customers who bought this item also bought.American Horror Story meets the dark comedy of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis as Cat searches for a way to escape her high school. She is also the author of Made You Up and Eliza Mirk's favorite, The Children of Hypnos, a biweekly serial novel posted on Tumblr and Wattpad.

When she is not writing, she's drawing her characters, reading, or playing video games. Can she trust herself? Can we trust her?įrancesca Zappia lives in central Indiana. Didn't she imagine him? Before she knows it, Alex is making friends, going to parties, falling in love, and experiencing all the usual rites of passage for teenagers. She's pretty optimistic about her chances until she runs into Miles. Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8 Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex wages a war against her schizophrenia, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college. For fans of Silver Linings Playbook and Liar, this thought-provoking debut tells the story of Alex, a high school senior-and the ultimate unreliable narrator-unable to tell the difference between real life and delusion.Īlex fights a daily battle to figure out what is real and what is not. Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be-sometimes, there really is someone out to get you. Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 12.0 Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Depression WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeīinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Contributor(s): Zappia, Francesca (Author)

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