{"product_id":"gone-wolf-hardcover","title":"Gone Wolf - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmber McBride\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning author Amber McBride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America, in this middle-grade novel that has been compared to the work of Jordan Peele and praised as \"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebrilliantly inventive storytelling\" by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the future, a Black girl known only as Inmate Eleven is kept confined -- to be used as a biological match for the president's son, should he fall ill. She is called a Blue -- the color of sadness. She lives in a small-small room with her dog, who is \u003ci\u003egoing wolf\u003c\/i\u003e more often - he's pacing and imagining he's free. Inmate Eleven wants to \u003ci\u003ego wolf\u003c\/i\u003e too--she wants to know why she feels so Blue and what is beyond her small-small room. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the present, Imogen lives outside of Washington DC. The pandemic has distanced her from everyone but her mother and her therapist. Imogen has intense phobias and nightmares of confinement. Her two older brothers used to help her, but now she's on her own, until a college student helps her see the difference between being Blue and sad, and Black and empowered. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this symphony of a novel, award-winning author Amber McBride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America, and empowers readers to remember their voices and stories are important, especially when they feel the need to go wolf.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmber McBride\u003c\/b\u003e's debut young adult novel, \u003ci\u003eMe (Moth)\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the National Book Awards and won the 2022 Coretta Scott King\/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, among many other accolades. Her second young adult novel, \u003ci\u003eWe Are All So Good at Smiling\u003c\/i\u003e, was praised for offering \"important messages, uniquely delivered\" by \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e in a starred review. \u003ci\u003eGone Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e marks Amber McBride's middle grade fiction debut. She is a professor of creative writing at University of Virginia, and lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764268302624,"sku":"9781250850492","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b11bf3ed2d3c0b453457ae152afe4989.webp?v=1780247367","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/gone-wolf-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}