{"product_id":"the-brightness-between-us-9780063343764","title":"The Brightness Between Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed one of the Best Books of 2024 by the Chicago Public Library!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this sequel to \u003cem\u003eThe Darkness Outside Us\u003c\/em\u003e, a Stonewall Honor Book, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Eliot Schrefer delivers another ambitious, genre-bending novel and epic love story that spans thousands of years and the far reaches of the galaxy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen years have gone by since the \u003cem\u003eCoordinated Endeavor \u003c\/em\u003ecrashed on a distant exoplanet. Ambrose Cusk and Kodiak Celius are now the devoted parents of two teenage children, Owl and Yarrow, in a hardscrabble frontier home. Though life on Minerva is full of danger, the family's bond is enough to make it all worth it--until they learn that the biggest threat to their survival might come from within.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than thirty thousand years in the past, Ambrose wakes on Earth to find that his mission to save his sister was a ruse. His mother betrayed him, and the cruelty of her true plans sets Ambrose spiraling. When he discovers that another spacefarer is suffering his same fate, he will have to decide whether to risk crossing a world at war to reach him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeparated by time and space, a young family and two strangers learn that their lives are intimately intertwined. They race to uncover the unexpected connections that might save them all . . . and perhaps humanity as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchrefer, Eliot:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEliot Schrefer\u003c\/strong\u003e is the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of many books for kids and teens, including \u003cem\u003eThe Darkness Outside Us \u003c\/em\u003eand its sequel, \u003cem\u003e The Brightness Between Us\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eas well as\u003cem\u003e Charming Young Man\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Endangered\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eQueer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality\u003c\/em\u003e. His books have twice been named finalists for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature and have garnered a Printz Honor, a Stonewall Honor, and the Green Earth Book Award. He is on the faculty of the creative writing MFA program at Hamline University and lives with his husband in New York City. Visit him online at eliotschrefer.com. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874906607890,"sku":"9780063343764","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_75cfeb10-596c-4e5a-b3c9-d514b59da017.jpg?v=1759831903","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-brightness-between-us-9780063343764","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}