First published 2019
Phoebe Lane cannot escape the creatures that hunt her. Flesh-eating plants, space blobs, and radioactive ants force her and her mother to flee from one cheap motel to the next. Her invisible father, a giant whose enormous eyes can predict the next monster attack, keeps them one step ahead of death. Phoebe dreams of settling down in New York or Paris, living normally without constantly running. When her mother disappears without explanation, Phoebe finds herself alone in the small town of Pennybrooke. She must survive on her own for the first time. But something unexpected begins happening to her body. Phoebe starts changing in ways she never anticipated. The girl who spent her life fleeing monsters discovers she may be becoming the very thing she feared most.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, coming-of-age, fantasy, horror
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: becoming-the-monster, found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New York, Paris, Pennybrooke
320 pages · Paperback · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Content warnings: body-horror, gore