{"product_id":"the-saw-mouth-9798217025701","title":"The Saw Mouth [Plett, Cale]","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eCale Plett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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. \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. \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. \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. Back and back and back to the first day of Autumn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCedar thought they understood how their world had changed, but they're far from dredging the bottom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.07oz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217025701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2026 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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 \u003ci\u003eWavelength\u003c\/i\u003e, an Indie Next pick, and \u003ci\u003eThe Saw Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45018517569712,"sku":"9798217025701b","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2341\/9361\/files\/img_53a22784-de07-4d8d-a1f5-6e184d34619d.jpg?v=1773968199","url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/the-saw-mouth-9798217025701","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}