Lockjaw Audiobook

Quotes

• Cerilli delivers a stunning debut in this gripping paranormal horror novel about queer teens growing up in a community that doesn’t accept them and the insidious danger of apathy.

  — STARRED REVIEW, Publishers Weekly

• Experimental, metaphorical, and poetic, this quiet novel is for thoughtful readers not averse to horror themes.

  — Booklist

• Cerilli does a masterful job of creating a memorable setting. . . . It is hard to believe that Lockjaw is Matteo L. Cerilli’s debut novel. Readers will look forward to many more to come! Highly recommended.

  — CM: Canadian Review of Materials

• A horrifyingly honest tale with a hopeful ending, this engrossing novel is sure to get hearts racing and leave readers reflecting upon their own place in their communities.

  — STARRED REVIEW, BookPage

• A horrifyingly honest tale, Lockjaw will keep you guessing with its creative storytelling, while its full-bodied characters will keep you reading as they band together to kill the monster haunting their town.

  — BookPage

• Cerilli does a masterful job of creating a memorable setting. . . . It is hard to believe that Lockjaw is Matteo L. Cerilli’s debut novel. Readers will look forward to many more to come! Highly recommended.

  — CM: Canadian Review of Materials

• “Lockjaw sinks its teeth into readers with a compelling horror mystery and refuses to let go

  — Quill & Quire“This YA novel will satisfy teen and nostalgic adult readers of horror and mystery

• A horrifyingly honest tale, Lockjaw will keep you guessing with its creative storytelling, while its full-bodied characters will keep you reading as they band together to kill the monster haunting their town.

  — BookPage

• Experimental, metaphorical, and poetic, this quiet novel is for thoughtful readers not averse to horror themes.

  — Booklist

• "Debut author Cerilli masterfully plots a slow-burn thriller from multiple perspectives, which demands the reader pays close attention. Jumping back and forth in time, Cerilli lays plenty of breadcrumbs, culminating in a powerful twist.

  — 49th Shelf

• "Cerilli’s debut is both unsettling and engaging.

  — School Library Journal

• “Lockjaw sinks its teeth into readers with a compelling horror mystery and refuses to let go

  — Quill & Quire"This YA novel will satisfy teen and nostalgic adult readers of horror and mystery.

• Astoundingly smart, amazingly queer, and so gut-churningly stressful that the pages of your copy will end up dented. Lockjaw is small-town horror at its absolute finest, and it’s going to shake you up.

  — Andrew Joseph White, New York Times bestselling author of Hell Followed With Us and The Spirit Bears its Teeth

• "Lockjaw sinks its teeth into readers with a compelling horror mystery and refuses to let go.

  — Quill & Quire"This YA novel will satisfy teen and nostalgic adult readers of horror and mystery.

• Astoundingly smart, amazingly queer, and so gut-churningly stressful that the pages of your copy will end up dented. Lockjaw is small-town horror at its absolute finest, and it's going to shake you up.

  — Andrew Joseph White, New York Times bestselling author of Hell Followed With Us and The Spirit Bears its Teeth

• Experimental, metaphorical, and poetic, this quiet novel is for thoughtful readers not averse to horror themes.

  — Booklist

• "Cerilli’s debut is both unsettling and engaging.

  — School Library Journal

• "Debut author Cerilli masterfully plots a slow-burn thriller from multiple perspectives, which demands the reader pays close attention. Jumping back and forth in time, Cerilli lays plenty of breadcrumbs, culminating in a powerful twist.

  — 49th Shelf

• Cerilli does a masterful job of creating a memorable setting. . . . It is hard to believe that Lockjaw is Matteo L. Cerilli's debut novel. Readers will look forward to many more to come! Highly recommended.

  — CM: Canadian Review of Materials

• "Lockjaw sinks its teeth into readers with a compelling horror mystery and refuses to let go.

  — Quill & Quire"This YA novel will satisfy teen and nostalgic adult readers of horror and mystery.

• One of BookPage's Best Young Adult Books of 2024One of CCBC’s Best Books for Kids and Teens for 2024

• One of BookPage's Best Young Adult Books of 2024

• One of BookPage's Best Young Adult Books of 2024One of CCBC’s Best Books for Kids and Teens for 2024An OLA Best Bet

• Cerilli does a masterful job of creating a memorable setting. . . . It is hard to believe that Lockjaw is Matteo L. Cerilli's debut novel. Readers will look forward to many more to come! Highly recommended.

  — CM: Canadian Review of Materials

• "Lockjaw sinks its teeth into readers with a compelling horror mystery and refuses to let go.

  — Quill & Quire"This YA novel will satisfy teen and nostalgic adult readers of horror and mystery.