Emily has no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk

Dog Man hasn't always been a paws-itive addition to the police force

his teachers

Grace decides to try out for the Pillow Fight Federation (PFF)

and stories

Parasol Against the Axe: A Novel Hyewon Yum Emily has no intention of"A shape shifting novel about the power of storiesHelen Oyeyemi is a literary pied piper her voice is the kind that readers gamely follow into the most bewildering and unnerving of situations." The New York Times A metatextual masterpiece. Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW Oyeyemi writes here as an heir to Calvino or BorgesA dizzying, dazzling romp. Kirkus Reviews The prize winning, bestselling author of Peaces and Gingerbread returns with a novel