As a want-to-be writer, I really enjoyed reading this book about what happens to characters when their authors stop writing about them. Set in the 80s, this book will appeal to middle grade readers who are not quite ready for Stranger Things or Stephen King. It's thrilling and suspenseful without being too gory or violent. It may even inspire some students to start creating their own characters. It has certainly inspired me. Thanks to NetGalley for the preview. I will definitely purchase this book for my library when it comes out in February.

Filled with adventure and imagination, Sarah Cannon’s Twist will appeal to a wide variety of middle grade readers with its monsters and mayhem. Students who enjoyed Oddity will certainly be entertained by this new tale.