434 pages · Released Aug 21, 2012 · Random House Digital, Inc.
Content report card
The Devil in Silver parent’s guide: what’s inside
Medium confidence
LGBTQ+ themes
Unsure
What it offers
Educational value
Good · 3/5
A note for parents
This is an adult psychological horror novel centered on psychiatric hospitalization and an untrustworthy environment, not a book for younger teens. The narrative explores mental illness, institutional ableism, and racism through a survival plot with a supernatural threat, combining horror elements with meaningful character work. While it contains positive messages about solidarity and self-advocacy, the graphic content, mature themes, and disturbing atmosphere make it appropriate for mature teens and adults.
Landing in a budget-strapped mental institution after being accused of a crime he does not remember, self-proclaimed hero Pepper is assaulted by a monstrous creature that has been attacking patients but that the hospital staff does not believe exists, a situation that compels Pepper to rally three fellow inmates in a f...Landing in a budget-strapped mental institution after being accused of a crime he does not remember, self-proclaimed hero Pepper is assaulted by a monstrous creature that has been attacking patients but that the hospital staff does not believe exists, a situation that compels Pepper to rally three fellow inmates in a fight for survival. 15,000 first printing.
