{"product_id":"snitchers-9781947627635","title":"Snitchers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen the grownups can't do it, three friends join together to figure out who killed a little boy in their neighborhood in this stunning debut YA by award-winning playwright Stephane Dunn.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNia Barnes is preparing to enter high school and trying to stay on her mama's good side. Life in her small Midwestern city hasn't been the same since her father's unsolved murder, driving Nia's love of detective novels and true crime stories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen the little boy she babysits is caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting, Nia and her best friends Dontay and Miracle Ruth secretly set out to get him justice. They look up police reports and listen to the conversations of their elders; they try to follow suspects the way Nia's favorite teen detectives might.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut the search for truth isn't straightforward, especially when you're somewhere between being kids and adults, and people want peace but are afraid to talk.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriter and filmmaker Stephane Dunn makes her YA debut with this endearing, heart-wrenching novel about loss, truth, and the reality of violence in communities everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephane Dunn\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, filmmaker and professor. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMs.\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, CNN.com, \u003ci\u003eThe Root\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest African American Essays 2009\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBaad Bitches \u0026amp; Sassy Supermamas: Black Power Action Films\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Tirota\/Finish Line Social Impact Script Competition award-winning screenplay, \u003ci\u003eChicago '66\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her family. Find her on Twitter at @DrStephaneDunn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cinco Puntos Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50453476933906,"sku":"9781947627635","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3e278a16-0c3b-4817-b686-af47387f8437.jpg?v=1729848411","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/snitchers-9781947627635","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}