Lockjaw
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Publisher Description
Death is neither the beginning nor the end for the children of Bridlington in this debut trans YA horror book for fans of Rory Power and Danielle Vega.
Chuck Warren died tragically at the old abandoned mill, but Paz Espino knows it was no accident — there's a monster under the town, and she's determined to kill it before anyone else gets hurt. She'll need the help of her crew — inseparable friends, bound by a childhood pact stronger than diamonds, distance or death — to hunt it down. But she's up against a greater force of evil than she ever could have imagined.
With shifting timeframes and multiple perspectives, Lockjaw is a small-town ghost story, where monsters living and dead haunt the streets, the homes and the minds of the inhabitants. For readers of Wilder Girls and The Haunted, this trans YA horror book by an incredible debut author will grab you and never let you go.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Cerilli delivers a stunning debut in this gripping paranormal horror novel about queer teens growing up in a community that doesn't accept them and the insidious danger of apathy. Paz Espino is considered a "weirdo" in her hometown of Bridlington—and most Bridlington denizens don't like weirdos. Not the ones like Paz, who's often blamed for anything and everything that goes wrong around town, and not the ones like Chuck Warren, whose parents often ignore or don't notice how neighbor kids constantly bully him. When Chuck turns up dead at the old paper mill, however, local authorities rally behind the Warren family, who claim that Paz is responsible for Chuck's death. But Paz knows the truth: it wasn't an accident. Chuck was killed by a monster, and if Paz can't prove its existence, she fears that it will return to tear the town apart. Without eschewing how self-preservation instincts can sometimes perpetuate harm within queer communities, Cerilli blends present-day events, flashbacks, and supernatural happenings via multiple third-person perspectives to explore myriad queer experiences. Characters are intersectionally diverse. Ages 14–up.
