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Grave-robbing. What kind of monster would do such a thing? It's true that Leonardo da Vinci did it, Shakespeare wrote about it, and the resurrection men of nineteenth-century Scotland practically made it an art. But none of this matters to Joey Crouch, a sixteen-year-old straight-A student living in Chicago with his single mom. For the most part, Joey's life is about playing the trumpet and avoiding the daily humiliations of high school. Everything changes when Joey's mother dies in a tragic accident and he is sent to rural Iowa to live with the father he has never known, a strange, solitary man with unimaginable secrets. At first, Joey's father wants nothing to do with him, but once father and son come to terms with each other, Joey's life takes a turn both macabre and exhilarating. Daniel Kraus's masterful plotting and unforgettable characters make Rotters a moving, terrifying, and unconventional epic about fathers and sons, complex family ties, taboos, and the ever-present specter of mortality.
About the Author
Daniel Kraus has landed on Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Books of 2015 (THE DEATH AND LIFE OF ZEBULON FINCH) , won two Odyssey Awards (for both ROTTERS and SCOWLER) , and has been a Library Guild selection, YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, Bram Stoker finalist, and more. He has coauthored two novels with Guillermo del Toro: TROLLHUNTERS, which was adapted in the Emmy-winning Netflix series, and THE SHAPE OF WATER, the movie version of which hits theaters in December. Kraus's work has been translated into over 15 languages. Visit him at danielkraus.com.
