The Spirit Bares Its Teeth -- Andrew Joseph White, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Andrew Joseph White returns with the transgressive gothic horror of our time!

A blood-soaked and nauseating triumph that cuts like a scalpel and reads like your darkest nightmare.

Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all.

London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has thinned. Violet-eyed mediums commune with spirits under the watchful eye of the Royal Speaker Society, and sixteen-year-old trans, autistic Silas Bell would rather rip out his violet eyes than become an obedient Speaker wife.

After a failed attempt to escape an arranged marriage, Silas is diagnosed with Veil sickness--a mysterious disease sending violet-eyed women into madness--and shipped away to Braxton's Finishing School and Sanitorium. When the ghosts of missing students start begging Silas for help, he decides to reach into Braxton's innards and expose its guts to the world--so long as the school doesn't break him first.

Featuring an autistic trans protagonist in a historical setting, Andrew Joseph White's much-anticipated sophomore novel does not back down from exposing the violence of the patriarchy and the harm inflicted on trans youth who are forced into conformity.

Author: Andrew Joseph White
Publisher: Peachtree Teen
Published: 09/05/2023
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.46w x 1.38d
ISBN: 9781682636114
Age Range: 14-17

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2023
Booklist 08/01/2023 pg. 70
Publishers Weekly 08/28/2023
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2023
Shelf Awareness 09/08/2023

About the Author
Andrew Joseph White is a queer, trans author from Virginia, where he grew up falling in love with monsters and wishing he could be one too. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from George Mason University in 2022 and has a habit of cuddling random street cats. Andrew writes about trans kids with claws and fangs, and what happens when they bite back.