They have an MA in English from the University of Maine and an MFA in creative writing from VCU. CulturessĪbout the Author Rose Szabo is a nonbinary writer from Richmond, VA, where they live with an assortment of people and animals. PopSugar inventive concept - Den of Geek Not your typical YA fantasy. Forever YA A hauntingly thrilling read. Has bite-and will leave you feeling dazed. NPR BooksĪ complete ghostly chill that deserves ten stars. Tor.com Gazes into darkness to face the monster that dwells within. School Library Journal A tale so gorgeously twisty, it'll turn you inside out. This darkly thrilling gothic fantasy will appeal to fans of Karen McManus and Maggie Stiefvater alike.

one part haunting mystery, one part dark fantasy. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, STARRED REVIEW Tricia Levenseller, Publisher's Weekly-bestselling author of The Shadows Between Usĭeliciously gothic and wonderfully creepy. *A Strand February YA Book of the Month With a layered mystery, a haunting setting, and thrilling tension, What Big Teeth has an otherness to it that pulls you in and forces you to keep reading. This exquisitely terrifying and beautiful tale will sink its teeth into you and never let go. Rose Szabo's thrilling debut is a dark fantasy novel about a teen girl who returns home to her strange, wild family after years of estrangement, perfect for fans of Wilder Girls. Eleanor finds herself desperately trying to hold the family together-in order to save them all, Eleanor must learn to embrace her family of monsters and tame the darkness inside her. But when she gets there, she struggles to fit in with her monstrous relatives, who prowl the woods around the family estate and read fortunes in the guts of birds. When she flees boarding school after a horrifying incident, she goes to the only place she thinks is safe: the home she left behind. Tricia Levenseller, Publisher's Weekly-bestselling author of The Shadows Between UsĮleanor Zarrin has been estranged from her wild family for years. With a layered mystery, a haunting setting, and thrilling tension, What Big Teeth has an otherness to it that pulls you in and forces you to keep reading.

About the Book Returning to Maine after years at boarding school, Eleanor Zarrin barely remembers her monstrous family, but she sets off a series of events that could destroy them all.

What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo