by Daniel Kraus (Author)
From the New York Times bestselling author of Angel Down, Whalefall, The Shape of Water with Guillermo del Toro, Scowler, and more, comes Rotters.
Grave-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.
Everything 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. Daniel Kraus's masterful plotting and unforgettable characters make Rotters a moving, terrifying, and unconventional epic about fathers and sons, complex family ties, taboos, and the ever-present specter of mortality.Author Biography
DANIEL KRAUS is a New York Times bestselling writer of novels, TV, and film. His young adult novels include The Monster Variations, and the Odyssey Award winners Rotters and Scowler. His latest novel, Angel Down, is a USA Today bestseller and a New York Times Top 10 Book of 2025. His novel Whalefall received a front-cover review in the New York Times Book Review, won the Alex Award, was an L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist, and was a Best Book of 2023 from NPR, the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and more. His work has been translated into over 25 languages.
Number of Pages: 464
Dimensions: 1.1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: April 10, 2012
Award: Green Mountain Book Award (2015)
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Rotters
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 20