"Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human."

"We're alive with our new secret, with the way we belong to each other and to something other than the dull passing of hours with nothing to look forward to besides our routines."

Your basic Ellis fair--drugs, white guys with daddy issues, people being awful--with the added bonus of watching said awful white guy fight an evil Furby.

A realistic yet easily digestible story about the Boxer Rebellion in China at the turn of the 20th century. It's as good as all your friends say it is.