First published 2022
Eleanor and her friends Pip and Otto have already taken down Mr. January and trapped Mrs. Prosper. Now they face the final member of the People Who Look Away. This last sibling proves more dangerous than her brothers, commanding two savage hounds and wielding the power to tear open passages between worlds and across time itself. When Eleanor's group flees into another realm to escape, they shatter time's natural flow and throw Eden Eld into complete disorder. The trio discovers they carry a new threat within themselves. The Prime Stories have infected them like a virus, malicious fairy tales that consume people's minds and strip away their memories. As these Stories spread through her thoughts, Eleanor begins to wonder if losing her memories might bring relief from all her pain and loss. Yet the same Stories that threaten to erase her identity might also hold the weapon needed to destroy the People Who Look Away forever. Eleanor must choose between the safety of forgetting and the risk of remaining herself to save everyone she loves.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, fantasy, young-adult
Vibes: emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: chosen-one, found-family, power-of-friendship
Setting: Eden Eld
Period: Contemporary
272 pages · Hardcover · Viking Books for Young Readers
Content warnings: anxiety, depression