First published 2025
Ava watches her fingertips turn transparent. Her skin crystallizes day by day, transforming her teenage body into something fragile and strange. She wraps herself in long sleeves and gloves, desperate to conceal the glass spreading across her flesh. At school, bullies circle like vultures while her family fractures under the weight of secrets. Each morning brings new patches of crystalline skin, each day another step toward complete transformation. Ava fights to hold onto her identity as her physical form betrays her. She seeks connection in a world that feels increasingly distant through her translucent skin. The glass advances relentlessly, threatening to consume what remains of her human self. Ava must choose between hiding forever and risking the shattering that acceptance might bring. Her greatest battle lies not with the bullies or her broken family, but with learning to embrace herself before the transformation completes its course.
Genres: fiction, fantasy, contemporary, young-adult
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, identity-crisis
464 pages · Paperback · Delacorte Press
Content warnings: body-horror