The Night Zoo: Where Forgotten Feelings Still Breathe
There are thirteen nights before the cages fail.
When thirteen-year-old Rowan Vale finds a gate that should not exist, he steps into the Night Zoo - a hidden, impossible place where the emotions humans refuse to feel have become living creatures.
Apology Birds whisper the words people never said.
The Hollow Elephant carries unfinished grief inside its transparent body.
The Longing Whale circles above those who miss someone deeply enough to ache.
And at the center of the Zoo stands an empty cage.
Something escaped long ago.
Now the Zoo is breaking. Its creatures are restless. Its lanterns are dimming. And outside its gates, the city is changing. People stop looking at each other. Warmth disappears from familiar voices. Grief turns hollow. Love becomes harder to remember.
The creature known only as the Void is moving closer every night.
To save the Zoo, Rowan must face the silence, loneliness, and loss he has spent years trying to survive - including the memory of the sister whose laugh he keeps trapped on an old cassette tape.
But some cages do not hold animals.
Some hold the feelings we were too afraid to face.
The Night Zoo is an atmospheric emotional fantasy about grief, memory, and the strange, beautiful ways people carry each other through darkness.
Perfect for readers who love the haunting wonder of Piranesi, The Night Circus, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and A Monster Calls.
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