{"product_id":"the-saw-mouth","title":"The Saw Mouth","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCALE PLETT \u003c\/b\u003eis a nonbinary, gender-fluid writer living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They grew up on a dead-end gravel road and used to get lost in the woods for fun, scary abandoned cabin and all. They are the author of the queer YA romance \n\u003ci\u003eWavelength\u003c\/i\u003e, an Indie Next pick, and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Saw Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPraise for \n\u003ci\u003eThe Saw Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e★\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \"The Saw Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e offers \n\u003cb\u003emessy yearning\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003cb\u003esensitively rendered trauma\u003c\/b\u003e, a \n\u003cb\u003ecreeping atmosphere of dread\u003c\/b\u003e, and an \n\u003cb\u003eaffectionate treatment\u003c\/b\u003e of analog technology--like pressing cassette tapes into a crush's hands.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003cb\u003estarred review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e★ \"A \n\u003cb\u003etruly stellar \u003c\/b\u003eexample of the \n\u003cb\u003ebest\u003c\/b\u003e that horror can be.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e★ \"\u003c\/b\u003ePlett \n\u003cb\u003emasterfully\u003c\/b\u003e combines \n\u003cb\u003emonster horror\u003c\/b\u003e and the \n\u003cb\u003emessy machinations\u003c\/b\u003e of found family in a story that will leave any reader \n\u003cb\u003eeager\u003c\/b\u003e for their next title.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eBooklist, \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003cb\u003eRaw\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003cb\u003eunsettling\u003c\/b\u003e, and \n\u003cb\u003enew-bruise tender\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Saw Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e completely captured me. Plett's horror debut is a gift to readers looking for the bright heart in the dark.\"--Rory Power, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eWilder Girls \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003cb\u003ePowerful\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003cb\u003epoetic\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003cb\u003ehaunting\u003c\/b\u003e. Plett imagines a spellbinding world of awakened machines and human resilience.\"--Darcie Little Badger, award-winning author of \n\u003ci\u003eA Snake Falls to Earth \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003cb\u003eGrimy\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003cb\u003ebrutal\u003c\/b\u003e, and \n\u003cb\u003ebrilliant\u003c\/b\u003e, with a painfully vivid queer cast and a setting so well constructed you can smell the smoke. Plett holds back nothing in this story of fierce love and tested loyalty.\"--Matteo L. Cerilli, author of \n\u003ci\u003eLockjaw \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"More than a horror tale, this is the story of deeply felt connection finding its way through layers of trauma. It's a story of finding shelter in people, when darkness tries its best to inhabit you. \n\u003cb\u003eStunning\u003c\/b\u003e.\"--Tanya Boteju, author of \n\u003ci\u003eBruised\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\" \n\u003cb\u003eVisceral worldbuilding\u003c\/b\u003e alongside \n\u003cb\u003eirreverent, realistic\u003c\/b\u003e dialogue skillfully captures the novel's intimate emotional core against a backdrop of \n\u003cb\u003e spine-tingling horror\u003c\/b\u003e, while leisurely paced prose culminates in a tense, inventive narrative that blends \n\u003cb\u003equeer identity\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003cb\u003esurvival\u003c\/b\u003e, and \n\u003cb\u003emystery\u003c\/b\u003e.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003cb\u003eCarefully\u003c\/b\u003e drawn.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Bookstore on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCompound Fracture\u003c\/i\u003e, a heart-pounding rural horror following a genderqueer teen who survives a near-apocalypse, only to be hunted by a mysterious monster whose very existence is entwined with their own. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom a breathtaking new voice in YA, this story is for anyone haunted by the sins of past generations--and fighting to right them.\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Cedar was a child, fragmented, tortured souls woke up in the world's most complex machines, destroying them and pushing technology back decades. A fall. The Fall, some said, and they called it Autumn. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTen years later, following a family tragedy, Cedar moves to the nowhere town of Sawblade Lake only to find something hunting them. A long, bent shadow that reeks like rot and has the mouth of a deep crevice. It's after Cedar, and it's willing to go to any lengths to break them, including preying on Cedar's new queer family. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe closer it circles, the more it seems to weave through Cedar's whole life. It might stretch back to their mother's gruesome, inexplicable death, to the murk of their missing family, to the house they grew up in. 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