Hollow Chest

<p><strong>Debut author Brita Sandstrom arrives with an<Br>unforgettable modern folktale of the darkness around and inside us, and the<Br>courage it takes to keep hope alive.</strong></p><Br><p><strong>“<em>Hollow Chest </em>is remarkable on so many levels—its<Br>exquisite writing, its startling originality, its deep empathy. An astonishing<Br>debut.” —Anne Ursu, award-winning author of <em>The Lost Girl</em></strong></p><Br><p>Charlie has been having nightmares. Eyes watching him in the<Br>night, claws on his chest, holding him down. His dreams have been haunted for<Br>years, ever since German bombs rained down on London, taking his father’s life,<Br>taking his city’s spirit, taking his beloved brother, Theo, off to war in<Br>France.</p><p>Now Charlie is left to take care of his grandpa Fitz while his mother<Br>works, waiting for the day when Theo will come home. And with World War II<Br>nearly won, that day is almost here. Grandpa Fitz warns Charlie that soldiers<Br>sometimes come back missing a piece of themselves, but Charlie isn’t worried.<Br>Whatever Theo has lost, Charlie will help him find it. </p><Br><p>When Theo finally does return, though, he is cold and<Br>distant. But Charlie refuses to accept that the brother he knew is gone, and<Br>soon, he discovers the reason for his brother’s change: war wolves. Terrifying<Br>ancient beasts who consume the hearts of those broken by grief. </p><Br><p>The wolves have followed soldiers back home from the front.<Br>And if Charlie truly wants to save Theo, he’s going to have to find them and<Br>get his brother’s heart back. But can a heart that’s been eaten ever be<Br>replaced?</p>