{"product_id":"every-body-looking-9780525556220","title":"Every Body Looking","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Finalist for the National Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a Historically Black College, it's the first time she's ever been so far from her family--and the first time that she's been able to make her own choices and to seek her place in this new world. As she stumbles deeper into the world of dance and explores her sexuality, she also begins to wrestle with her past--her mother's struggle with addiction, her Nigerian father's attempts to make a home for her. Ultimately, Ada discovers she needs to brush off the destiny others have chosen for her and claim full ownership of her body and her future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Candice Iloh's beautifully crafted narrative about family, belonging, sexuality, and telling our deepest truths in order to be whole is at once immensely readable and ultimately healing.\"--Jacqueline Woodson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Author of \u003ci\u003eBrown Girl Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An essential--and emotionally gripping and masterfully written and compulsively readable--addition to the coming-of-age canon.\"--Nic Stone, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Author of\u003ci\u003e Dear Martin\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is a story about the sometimes toxic and heavy expectations set onthe backs of first-generation children, the pressures woven into the familydynamic, culturally and socially. About childhood secrets with sharp teeth. And ultimately, about a liberation that taunts every young person.\" --Jason Reynolds, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Author of \u003ci\u003eLong Way Down\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCandice Iloh is a first-generation Nigerian American writer whose books center home. They are from the Midwest by way of Washington, DC, and Brooklyn, New York. They are a proud alumna of the Rhode Island Writers Colony, and their work has earned fellowships from Lambda Literary, VONA, and Kimbilio Fiction and a residency with Hi-ARTS, where they debuted their first one-person show in 2018. Candice became a 2020 National Book Award Finalist and, in 2021, a Printz Award Honoree for their debut novel, \u003ci\u003eEvery Body Looking. Salt the Water\u003c\/i\u003e is their third novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dutton Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50650412220690,"sku":"9780525556220","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bfac2b73-184c-4e45-a2d3-cd08768ef631.jpg?v=1733288135","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/every-body-looking-9780525556220","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}