The Classmate

by Will McIntosh

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Pub Date 21 Jun 2022 | Archive Date 8 Jul 2022

BooksGoSocial | Future House Publishing

Children's Fiction | Sci Fi & Fantasy

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Description

Thirteen-year-old Benjamin is pulled from his old life and forced to attend a special boarding school in the middle of nowhere. That's confusing enough. Then, he's fed instructions through an earbud and thrown into etiquette classes alongside an angry, spike-covered creature. Despite wearing purple dresses and having the unassuming name of Eve, the creature is horrifying and, as Eve quickly demonstrates, dangerous.

With the help of his new friends Lorena and Persephone, Ben must overcome his own anxieties and uncover the truth about Eve’s origin. But he learns that the school's agenda is much bigger than he ever thought possible. Ben needs to earn Eve’s trust, and fast. The fate of the world depends on it.

Advance Praise

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I don't often read middle grade, so I'm really pleased when I find one that is a home run. This is a strange and wonderful story about an anxious 13-year-old, Benjamin, who has been sent to a mysterious super-secret boarding school where all the children are constantly fed instructions via earbud as they are led to interact with Eve, an angry, large, definitely-not-human classmate. At school, Benjamin makes real friends for the first time, and as they band together to find out what the adults are up to, they also start to forge a tentative bond with Eve. Thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial/Future House Publishing for this digital review copy.