Author(s): Sydney Khoo

Middle Reader | New Arrivals

After waiting tables at the dumpling shop and dealing with her aunt's big expectations, Zhi just wants to find time for her friends, get through high school . . . and make sure no one finds out she's half spider demon. 

But then she accidentally kills and eats a man in front of Dior Panne-Nix, the most popular girl in school . . . And she's about to find out she's not the scariest thing hiding in the shadows. 

The debut novel by local author sydney khoo; this book tells us what it takes to make peace with your demons – literal or otherwise. An urban fantasy spin on growing up as a second-generation immigrant, struggling under the overwhelming pressure to make others proud, while feeling trapped inside your own body.