Samuel Brandt woke up with his thoughts written all over his body. His brother woke up with his head missing. His sister woke up to find that her skin would crack open unless she stayed in water. All of the other children in the secluded Iowa town of Oak Knoll woke up having undergone strange transformations. Now, they are all forced to live at 407 West Marshall Street, the mysterious house outside of town.
With the new name of The Boy with Words for Skin, Samuel wants nothing more than to hide from his new life. He painfully and unpredictably sheds his skin, there is a Voice in the entryway closet that is often cruel, and-perhaps worst of all for a naturally shy boy-the other children look to him as a leader.
As his seven-year-old brother struggles with their new life, as terrifying growls start to come from the pitch black basement, and as his feelings for a girl begin to grow, The Boy with Words for Skin realizes that he wants to change. He wants to put others first, learn from his peers, and let himself hope that things will get better.
The Boy with Words for Skin is the first book in the 407 West Marshall Street series. Each book will advance the story but be told from a different character. Book 2 will be The Girl without Eyes.
- Chapter 1: Pinprick
- Chapter 2: The Man with the Accordion Legs
- Chapter 3: Growl
- Chapter 4: The Walk There
- Chapter 5: Family Dinner
- Chapter 6: Clean-Up
- Chapter 7: The Walk Back
- Chapter 8: New Skin
- Chapter 9: Breakfast
- Chapter 10: The Porcelain Girl
- Chapter 11: The Following Week
- Chapter 12: Reason to Forget
- Chapter 13: Another Empty Bed
- Chapter 14: The Voice
- Chapter 15: Trimble's Grocers
- Chapter 16: Manny
- Chapter 17: The Halloween Party
- Chapter 18: Into the Basement
- Chapter 19: A Meeting in the Dark
- Chapter 20: The Tub
- Chapter 21: Pressure
- Chapter 22: A Visitor
- Chapter 23: The Attack
- Chapter 24: Trying
- Chapter 25: Thanksgiving
- Chapter 26: Gone
- Chapter 27: A Leader
- Chapter 28: First Things First
- Chapter 29: Back Into the Basement
- Chapter 30: The Monster
- Chapter 31: Explanations
- Chapter 32: Fight
- Chapter 33: After the Basement