{"product_id":"gone-wolf-9781250850478","title":"Gone Wolf","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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 a \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year, and praised for offering \"important messages, uniquely delivered\" by \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e in a starred review. \u003ci\u003eGone Wolf, \u003c\/i\u003eAmber McBride's middle grade fiction debut, was awarded the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize and was named a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878127669522,"sku":"9781250850478","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4ca3174c-5c90-4fa1-935a-10c48f4afa8a.jpg?v=1738169913","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gone-wolf-9781250850478","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}