Cover by Christopher Stengel
Coming from Scholastic
February 2027
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About the Book
Keysa is trapped.Ever since her father’s death four years ago, fifteen-year-old Keysa Perrault’s life has shrunk to the confines of her books, Pinterest boards, and bittersweet memories of when her mom’s extreme agoraphobia didn’t keep them both from leaving the house.But when termites chew their way into Keysa’s bedroom, they bring DJ Kim, a high school volleyball star who’s grieving a recent death of his own and serving time with his exterminator uncle. And despite DJ’s closed-off attitude and plummeting GPA, Keysa can’t help but see in him a rare window of opportunity for freedom. Desperate for a night out of her bubble, Keysa and DJ strike a deal: she’ll tutor him, if he’ll take her out on late-night joyrides. Keysa can be briefly free―after her mom has taken her cold medicine, that is.As Keysa and DJ’s relationship grows deeper and more complicated, Keysa begins to suffocate under the weight of her dual life. Soon, she’s faced with two options: she can either stay indoors, keep DJ a secret forever, and bury her dreams of going off to college―or she can fly in the face of her mother’s ever-tightening rules and expose the truth, risking her mother’s mental health and her own freedom along the way.From debut author Krystle Brantzeg, Indoor Girl is a brilliant and relatable screwball romance that simultaneously explores the messy tendrils of mother-daughter relationships amid mental illness, grief, and the push and pull of growing up.Content warning: grief, agoraphobia, substance abuse, and emotional abuse
About the Author
In fifth grade Krystle Brantzeg won an essay contest and still has the prized polyester jacket to prove it. Long after that win, she received her BA in literature and writing and worked as a writer and graphic designer for a wedding magazine. She now authors stories and adventures with her husband, quartet of kids, and brassy rescue terrier, who make her feel like a winner every day.
Krystle is represented by
Larissa Melo Pienkowski ([email protected]).