the fragile balance between the human world and the spirit world is thrown out of whack

imaginative arc

peer-reviewing a classmate's story about cats

defeating yetis

"Easily my favorite book of the year

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party Jenna Wortham the fragile balance between theAndersons imaginative and highly intelligent exploration of . . . the ambiguous history of Americas origins will leave readers impatient for the sequel. The New York Times Book Review Young Octavian is being raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers but it is only after he opens a forbidden door that learns the hideous nature of their experiments, and his own chilling role them. Set in Revolutionary Boston, M. T. Andersons