‘The Mortification of Fovea Munson’ is Morbid Teenage Fun

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Fovea Munson desperately wants to be a typical teenager, but her parents are making that nearly impossible. Not only do they own a facility that dissects human bodies for science, they have given her a name that she thinks roughly translated means eyeball. After getting the nickname Igor from a former friend and then suffering the torment of being made fun of by her entire school, Fovea has to face further social disgrace when her parents let her know that due to the fact they’ve lost their secretary, Fovea will be filling in at their lab. Mortified by this news, Fovea expects her summer so be spent signing for body parts and dreading returning to school. That is until three severed heads begin speaking to her and a local crematorium owner starts stirring up a mystery. What follows is a book full of disembodied barbershop quartets, midnight in a kidney costume, and a grandmother with a literal deathwish.

Mary Winn Heider has put together one heck of a crazy ride with the new book The Mortification of Fovea Munson. Fovea is most definitely a teenager, so prepare for the whining and social outcast fears. For science nerds, the future doctors of the world, and those who don’t mind a bit of discussion on body parts, this is a fun book with an interesting premise. If you’re squeamish or you (or your kids) frighten easily, maybe skip this one for a while. The book is lighthearted in a sort of Addams Family way, so if you enjoy innocent dark humor it is an enjoyable read.

The Mortification of Fovea Munson is available from Disney Book Group June 5, 2018.

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