The Thin Door

In the ordinary world, in an ordinary town, fifteen-year-old Ramie just wants a better story than the impossible one she was born into. When she refuses to swallow the lies around her "like a happy pill" she is in for a wild ride in two competing, intertwined stories of her life. The ordinary version of herself leads to betrayal, heartbreak, and danger. The other opens a door to an alternate world of mystique and unlimited choices, with the promise of having a place of her own to belong to. But when the ultimate cool boy begins to take over her story--and then her identity, the one girl who could save her is the onetime friend she has betrayed.

What Ramie doesn't know is that she is on the oldest journey on earth. What she doesn't guess is that there are allies waiting for her to notice them. What she discovers is that finding her own best life means opening an unexpected, terrifying Door.

The Thin Door is a slipstream YA novel that blends myth, dystopia, and raw contemporary realism where Little Red Riding Hood enters the matrix. It's also a book-as-toy, with hidden tracks, sketch-and-journal prompts, free speech bubbles, and interactive elements that invite readers to step inside Ramie's world to write or draw a story of their own.

For teens who feel unseen, parents who have lost that mysterious map to initiation, and therapists searching for conversation-starters, The Thin Door opens into a story of resilience, identity, and finding allies in unexpected places. For the reluctant reader, graphic elements and visual cues help to tell the story. For the disenfranchised, Ramie's desperate ride on an old beater bike in search of a better version of her life leads to an unexpected encounter with herself.