{"product_id":"midnight-robber-9780446675604","title":"Midnight Robber","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"[d]eeply satisfying\" [\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review] story of a father who has committed an unbelievable crime and a daughter who must then fight to save her own life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Caribbean patois adorns this novel with graceful rhythms...Beneath it lie complex, clearly evoked characters, haunting descriptions of exotic planets, and a stirring story...[This book] ought to elevate Hopkinson to star status.\" -\u003ci\u003e-Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's Carnival time and the Caribbean-colonized planet of Toussaint is celebrating with music, dance, and pageantry. Masked \"Midnight Robbers\" waylay revelers with brandished weapons and spellbinding words. To young Tan-Tan, the Robber Queen is simply a favorite costume to wear at the festival--until her power-corrupted father commits an unforgiveable crime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuddenly, both father and daughter are thrust into the brutal world of New Half-Way Tree. Here monstrous creatures from folklore are real, and the humans are violent outcasts in the wilds. Tan-Tan must reach into the heart of myth and become the Robber Queen herself. For only the Robber Queen's legendary powers can save her life . . . and set her free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNalo Hopkinson\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Jamaica and has lived in Guyana, Trinidad, and Canada. The daughter of a poet\/playwright and a library technician, she has won numerous awards including the John W. Campbell Award, the World Fantasy Award, and Canada's Sunburst Award for literature of the fantastic. Her award-winning short fiction collection \u003ci\u003eSkin Folk\u003c\/i\u003e was selected for the 2002 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Summer Reading List and was one of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of the Year. Hopkinson is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe New Moon's Arms, The Salt Roads, Midnight Robber, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBrown Girl in the Ring\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, and splits her time between California, USA, and Toronto, Canada.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50629031362834,"sku":"9780446675604","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e770285e-90ab-44d9-b28d-01793d23d7c9.jpg?v=1732717413","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/midnight-robber-9780446675604","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}