{"product_id":"rotters-9780385738583","title":"Rotters","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhalefall\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of Wate\u003c\/i\u003er with Guillermo del Toro, \u003ci\u003eScowler\u003c\/i\u003e, and more, comes \u003ci\u003eRotters\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrave-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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEverything 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDaniel Kraus's masterful plotting and unforgettable characters make \u003ci\u003eRotters\u003c\/i\u003e a moving, terrifying, and unconventional epic about fathers and sons, complex family ties, taboos, and the ever-present specter of mortality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDANIEL KRAUS is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Time\u003c\/i\u003es bestselling author, an editor, and a filmmaker. His newest novel, \u003ci\u003eWhalefall\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of a scuba diver who is swallowed by a 60-ton sperm whale and has one hour of air left to escape, has been optioned for film by Imagine Entertainment. Other works include \u003ci\u003eScowler, The Monster Variations, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Shape of Water \u003c\/i\u003ewith co-author Guillermo del Toro.\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410814439698,"sku":"9780385738583","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_595acd32-4fa6-4972-aaf7-1446facf842e.jpg?v=1729308722","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rotters-9780385738583","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}