# Katzenjammer - Hardcover

by **Francesca Zappia** (Author)

**"An eerie, savage novel." --**_Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books_

**_American Horror Story_ meets the dark comedy of Kafka's _The Metamorphosis_ as Cat searches for a way to escape her high school. A tale of family, love, tragedy, and masks--the ones others make for us, and the ones we make for ourselves. _Katzenjammer_ will haunt fans of Chelsea Pitcher's _This Lie Will Kill You_ and E. Lockhart's _We Were Liars_.**

Cat lives in her high school. She never leaves, and for a long time her school has provided her with everything she needs. But now things are changing. The hallways contract and expand along with the school's breathing, and the showers in the bathroom run a bloody red. Cat's best friend is slowly turning into cardboard, and instead of a face, Cat has a cat mask made of her own hardened flesh.

Cat doesn't remember why she is trapped in her school or why half of them--Cat included--are slowly transforming. Escaping has always been the one impossibility in her school's upside-down world. But to save herself from the eventual self-destruction all the students face, Cat must find the way out. And to do that, she'll have to remember what put her there in the first place.

Using chapters alternating between the past and the present, acclaimed author Francesca Zappia weaves a spine-tingling, suspenseful, and haunting story about tragedy and the power of memories. Fans of Marieke Nijkamp's _This Is Where It Ends_ and Karen McManus's _One of Us Is Lying_ will lose themselves in the pages of this novel--or maybe in the treacherous hallways of the school.

_Includes interior illustrations from the author._

**Number of Pages:** 304

**Dimensions:** 1.3 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** June 28, 2022

## Details

- **Price:** 17.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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