A fourteen-year-old boy invents a comic-book fantasy world ruled by a book-dwelling insect named FrankenlouseI am called Nick. I was fourteen the year of this story, the year that changed my life . . .Nick Reber is a cadet with cartoonist dreams. Nick's father, a by-the-books control freak, believes his son's creative aspirations are a waste of time. As commanding officer of Blister Military Academy, he makes Nick march in stepor else. Nick misses his mother, who ran away, although she promised to one day send for him. As a form of escape, Nick creates a whole world inside his heada comic strip featuring an insect that lives in the pages ofFrankenstein. All the other book lice in the library fear Frankenlouse.But just like Nick, Frankenlouse feels trapped. He wants out of his book, just like Nick wants to escapeuntil a life-changing decision puts Nick on a collision course with his father.Narrated in Nick's distinctive voice,Frankenlouseis about finding your authentic self. It's a story of friendship, growing up, and the complicated bond between fathers and sons.This ebook features an illustrated personal history of M. E. Kerr including rare images from the author's collection.