In the Skin of a Monster
Title
In the Skin of a Monster
Creator
Barker
Date
2015-07-29
Description
"Caught in a dreamscape, mistaken for a killer. Will Alice find a way home?
Three years ago, Alice's identical twin sister took a gun to school and killed seven innocent kids; now Alice wears the same face as a monster. She's struggling with her identity, and with life in the small Australian town where everyone was touched by the tragedy. Just as Alice thinks things can't get much worse, she encounters her sister on a deserted highway. But all is not what it seems, and Alice soon discovers that she has stepped into a different reality, a dream world, where she's trapped with the nightmares of everyone in the community. Here Alice is forced to confront the true impact of everything that happened the day her twin sister took a gun to school . and to reveal her own secret to the boy who hates her most."
Summary from Allen & Unwin Book Publishers:
https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/childrens/young-adult-fiction/In-the-Skin-of-a-Monster-Kathryn-Barker-9781760111717
Three years ago, Alice's identical twin sister took a gun to school and killed seven innocent kids; now Alice wears the same face as a monster. She's struggling with her identity, and with life in the small Australian town where everyone was touched by the tragedy. Just as Alice thinks things can't get much worse, she encounters her sister on a deserted highway. But all is not what it seems, and Alice soon discovers that she has stepped into a different reality, a dream world, where she's trapped with the nightmares of everyone in the community. Here Alice is forced to confront the true impact of everything that happened the day her twin sister took a gun to school . and to reveal her own secret to the boy who hates her most."
Summary from Allen & Unwin Book Publishers:
https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/childrens/young-adult-fiction/In-the-Skin-of-a-Monster-Kathryn-Barker-9781760111717
Publisher
Allen & Unwin Book Publishers
Coverage
Reader reviews of In the Skin of a Monster on Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25380845-in-the-skin-of-a-monster
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25380845-in-the-skin-of-a-monster
Type
Young adult fiction
Subject
Book
Format
Book
Language
English
Identifier
In the Skin of a Monster
Files
Collection
Citation
Barker, “In the Skin of a Monster,” The School Shooting Fiction Archive, accessed December 2, 2023, https://www.ssfarchive.org/items/show/540.
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