Infested expertly mixes mystery and monster story with family drama and very now political concerns.
Now, in a race against time, Manny must rescue his family from a deranged specter determined to set the Bronx ablaze once again..
A fire that Mueller set.
Or rather, he is, but he died decades ago in a fire exactly where Manny\'s new building is located.
Mueller is not who he says he is.
When building contractors start to go missing, Manny and Sasha come to the terrifying realization that Mr.
And Manny swears he has roaches crawling under his skin.
Then the nightmares begin.
Maybe life in the Bronx won\'t be so bad.
Mueller, the building\'s exterminator.
And he strikes up an unlikely friendship with Mr.
Thankfully, he meets Sasha, who is protesting the building but turns out to be really cool.
So, instead of hanging with his friends and making some spending money, Manny is forced to do menial tasks in his new home, a luxury condo his stepdad is managing, while stressing about starting over.
It\'s the summer before senior year, and Manny has just moved from Texas to the Bronx in New York. --Paul Tremblay, bestselling author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts The Taking of Jake Livingston meets Cemetery Boys in this YA ghost story about a Puerto Rican teen\'s battle with a malevolent spirit targeting his apartment building and the all-too-real horrors of gentrification.
If Infested doesn\'t make your skin crawl, check your pulse.
It\'s a thrilling, I-can\'t-stop-reading page-turner.
Infested expertly mixes mystery and monster story with family drama and very now political concerns
