{"product_id":"pick-the-lock-9780593353981","title":"Pick the Lock","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King, a weird and insightful new novel about a girl intent on picking the lock of her toxic family.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJane 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 suddenly gains access to the files for a lifetime of security-camera videos--her lifetime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA.S. King's latest surrealist masterpiece follows Jane's bizarre and brilliant journey to reconnect with her mother by breaking out of her shell and composing a punk opera.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dutton Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593353981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400","brand":"A. S. King","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51474282578101,"sku":"9780593353981","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6cdc04a6-512a-4d3b-8979-3942fe201884.jpg?v=1754405559","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pick-the-lock-9780593353981","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}