The Wicker King is a psychological young adult thriller that follows two friends struggling as one spirals into madness. --Caleb Roerhrig, author of Last Seen Leaving and White Rabbit. -- Kirkus Reviews An eerie and mesmerizing thriller that questions the space where reality and perception overlap, The Wicker King is a spine-tingling read that will have you riveted. -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children\'s Books An eerie piece of realistic fiction whose characters revel in intense emotions. -- Booklist Give this to readers who like complex, experimental fictions about intense relationships that acquire mythic resonance. -- School Library Journal Teen fans of moody psychological horror will be entranced.
A haunting and provocative read that will keep teens riveted.
An Imprint Book Ancrum delves into the blurry space between reality and madness.
Ancrum\'s The Wicker King touches on themes of mental health and explores a codependent relationship fraught with tension, madness and love.
Written in vivid micro-fiction with a stream-of-consciousness feel and multimedia elements, K.
In the end, each one must choose his own truth.
August and Jack alienate everyone around them as they struggle with their sanity, free falling into the surreal fantasy world that feels made for them.
He accepts the visions as reality, even when Jack leads them on a quest to fulfill a dark prophecy.
With their parents\' unreliable behavior, August decides to help Jack the way he always has--on his own.
Jack begins to see increasingly vivid hallucinations that take the form of an elaborate fantasy kingdom creeping into the edges of the real world. now can August save him ? August is a misfit with a pyro streak and Jack is a golden boy on the varsity rugby team--but their intense friendship goes way back. . .
Jack once saved August\'s life .
The Wicker King is a psychological young adult thriller that follows two friends struggling as one spirals into madness
