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ABOUT THE BOOKS
“My characters begin with pieces of my own life. I write them from the inside out, knowing what they fear, what they hide, and what keeps them going because, in some form, I’ve carried those things too.”
Kat Shaw writes emotionally honest fiction because she knows what it feels like to search for yourself in a story and not find yourself there. Her books don't flinch from the hard parts. But they don't leave you in the dark, either.
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YOUNG ADULT FICTION | 2026 | METTLE PRESS
Breaking Kylie
Seventeen-year-old Kylie Kline lives in a family where love comes with conditions, loyalty means silence, and every attempt to defend herself is used against her. As the people she depends on are pushed beyond her reach and the future she has been fighting for begins to disappear, Kylie must hold on to who she knows she is before her family’s version of her becomes the only one left.
For readers who have ever felt blamed, invisible, unsafe, misunderstood, or trapped inside someone else’s version of who they are, Breaking Kylie offers the relief of recognition and the reminder that they are not alone. Raw, darkly funny, and unflinching, it is a debut novel about control, identity, and one girl’s fight to reclaim her life from a family determined to break her.
“The harshest voice in her head wasn’t even hers.”
YOUNG ADULT FICTION | 2026 | METTLE PRESS
Bonus Discussion Guide for Breaking Kylie
A free 5-page companion guide for Kat Shaw's YA novel Breaking Kylie (ages 15+), featuring deeper discussion questions, creative projects, a character concept-mapping activity, and 15 private reflection prompts for readers processing themes of abuse, control, and healing.
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