Make Me a Monster
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Publisher Description
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
Featuring colored endpapers and a designed case!
New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron is back with a Frankenstein-tinged horror romance.
Meka is used to death. After all, it's the family business.
As a newly certified mortician's assistant at her parents' funeral home, her days are not for the faint of heart. Luckily her boyfriend Noah isn't squeamish, and Meka is finally feeling ready to say the three little words that will change everything.
But then tragedy strikes, and Meka's world is torn apart. Nothing makes sense, especially the strange things start happening. Ravens are circling her home. Strangers are following her. Someone is leaving mysterious items at her door. And worst of all . . .
The dead don't seem to be staying dead.
Meka thought she understood death better than anyone. Turns out, the family business is a bit more complicated than it seems. And Meka isn't the only one desperate to unearth their secrets . . . because the truth may be worth dying for.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bayron (You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight) explores grief, family ties, and rebirth in this tenderhearted riff on Frankenstein. As a licensed mortician's assistant, 17-year-old Meka Redwood is no stranger to death: her family works in the mortuary arts, and she helps her parents prepare the corpses that pass through their funeral home. But when her boyfriend Noah suddenly dies, she's forced to reckon with mortality in a new way. Her grieving process is complicated by the mysterious appearance of ominous portents, including flocking ravens—and the shocking revelation that Noah has come back to life. As Meka and her family struggle to stay one step ahead of a sinister organization in pursuit of what they believe is her parents' apparent ability to wake the dead, Meka must reevaluate everything if she wants to keep herself and her loved ones safe. Bayron presents at once grotesque and breezily matter-of-fact horror elements via luminous prose. The characters' intensely layered relationships, as well as the tragic romance at the heart of the novel, will stick with readers long after the final page. The protagonists are Black. Ages 13–up.
