SaberTooth A Novel in Verse

<P><B>From Robin Gow, the award-winning author of </B><I><B>Dear Mothman</B></I><B>, comes a gripping middle-grade novel in verse about a boy who digs up and loses control of a saber-toothed tiger.</B></P><P><B>***STARRED REVIEW*** “Deeply cathartic; balances emotional depth with engrossing suspense.” ―</B><I><B>Kirkus Reviews</B></I></P><P><B>***STARRED REVIEW*** “A heartening, deeply felt work.” ―</B><I><B>Publishers Weekly</B></I></P><P><B>***STARRED REVIEW*** “Using a fascinating mixture of metaphor and reality, this verse novel explores the explosive nature of anger and the pain it can cause when left untended.” ―</B><I><B>The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books</B></I></P><P>Jasper’s favorite person is his older brother, Callan. They go on fossil-finding missions and stay up late while their parents work nights. Callan even helped Jasper pick out his new name when he came out as trans.</P><P>But Callan starts to grow distant and leaves for college without taking Jasper on a promised fossil dig. Jasper feels abandoned—and angry. Who needs Callan? He will dig by himself, in his backyard. As he digs, he hears a voice: the bones of a saber-toothed tiger. He’s buried deep, and he wants Jasper to DIG.</P><P>Jasper is sure a discovery like this could change the world, or at least get Callan to text him back. But as the saber-toothed tiger finds freedom, Jasper realizes he may have unleashed a monster that no one was ready for, and that anger can empower you—or destroy you.</P><P><U>Also by Robin Gow</U></P><ul><li><I>Dear Mothman</I></li><li><I>Gooseberry</I></li></ul>