"A roller coaster of a book, Pick the Lock is one thrill after another."--NPR "Rendered with prodigious imagination and raw emotion, King's surrealistic world is not too far from our own."-- The Boston Globe "Printz Award-winning King has written another remarkable, character-driven book that dazzles with its originality. With that and its employment of magic realism, it is sui generis, and at 400-plus pages, it is one of King's most ambitious, and most successful, books. And that, God knows, is no lie."-- Booklist, starred review "A worthy literary heir to feminist novels like The Stepford Wives, updated and recast for a new generation, this is a much-needed, thought-provoking tale of survival and triumph."--BCCB, starred review "Cathartic." --Horn Book, starred review "A young adult feminist anthem that thoughtfully addresses issues of abuse.

"-- SLJ, starred review "Three-time Michael L. Printz Award-winner A.S. King employs her signature surrealism to portray the emotional reality of domestic abuse through an unflinching feminist gaze. [B]eathtakingly successful."--Shelf Awareness, starred review "A.S. King always leans into the weaird and surreal (think Vonnegut with a 16-year-old girls at the centre).

This strange, ambitious novel takes its young readers--and their pain--seriously."-- The Irish Times "Helmed by Jane's penetrating commentary, this unconventional narrative melds punk anthems and bewildering interludes from a shape-shifting rat with King's quirky blend of present-day issues and mind-bending twists to unlock complex, thought-provoking insight."-- Publishers Weekly An NPR Best Book of the Year A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year A Horn Book Fanfare Book.