A review by palomapepper
Shade's Children by Garth Nix

5.0

I still remember the nightmares this book gave me - nightmares of being methodically taken apart and reassembled on a conveyor belt by malevolent forces. I absolutely loved it.

To my middle school self, there was something strangely appealing about a book where there were no adults to swoop in to save the day - it was entirely up to the teenagers to save themselves in a bizarre, terrifying world.