Pick the lock

Pick the lockFrom the award winning author of Dig comes a weird and insightful novel about a girl intent on picking the lock of her toxic family's secrets. "A roller coaster of a book, Pick the Lock is one thrill after another." NPR "Updated and recast for a new generation, this is a much needed, thought provoking tale of survival and triumph." BCCB, starred review Jane Vandermaker Cook would like her mother back. As Jane's mother tours the world to support the

From the award-winning author of Dig comes a weird and insightful novel about a girl intent on picking the lock of her toxic family's secrets.

"A roller coaster of a book, Pick the Lock is one thrill after another."-NPR

"Updated and recast for a new generation, this is a much-needed, thought-provoking tale of survival and triumph."-BCCB, starred review

Jane Vandermaker-Cook would like her mother back. As Jane's mother tours the world to support the family, Jane lives and goes to school in a Victorian mansion with her younger brother and their mendacious father, who confines Jane's mother to a system of pneumatic tubes whenever she's at home. And then there's weirdly ever-present Aunt Finch, Milorad the gardener, and his rat, Brutus. For Jane, this all seems normal until she gains access to the files for a lifetime of security camera videos-her lifetime.

Pick the Lock is a punk opera, a primal scream, and a portrait of a family buried in lies.