{"product_id":"the-darkness-outside-us-9780062888280","title":"The Darkness Outside Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey Both Die at the End \u003c\/em\u003emeets \u003cem\u003eGravity \u003c\/em\u003ein this mind-bending sci-fi mystery and tender love story about two boys aboard a spaceship sent on a rescue mission, from two-time National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer. Stonewall Honor Award winner!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo boys, alone in space. Sworn enemies sent on the same rescue mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmbrose wakes up on the Coordinated Endeavor with no memory of a launch. There's more that doesn't add up: evidence indicates strangers have been on board, the ship's operating system is voiced by his mother, and his handsome, brooding shipmate has barricaded himself away. But nothing will stop Ambrose from making his mission succeed--not when he's rescuing his own sister.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn order to survive the ship's secrets, Ambrose and Kodiak will need to work together and learn to trust each other . . . especially once they discover what they are truly up against. Love might be the only way to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books of the Year * A \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e Editor's Choice of the Year * A \u003cem\u003eBCCB\u003c\/em\u003e Blue Ribbon Book of the Year * A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults \u0026amp; Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Book of the Year *\u003c\/strong\u003e\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 a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author, has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature, and has won the Green Earth Book Award and the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award for Children's Literature. His novels include the Lost Rainforest series, \u003cem\u003eEndangered, Threatened, Rescued, Orphaned, \u003c\/em\u003eand two books in the Spirit Animals series. He lives in New York City, is on the faculty of the Hamline University and Fairleigh Dickinson University MFA in creative writing programs, and reviews books for \u003cem\u003eUSA Today. \u003c\/em\u003eVisit him online at www.eliotschrefer.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Katherine Tegen Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50604317376786,"sku":"9780062888280","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_60b4df08-64a5-4351-b46d-b897781dbe7b.jpg?v=1732258339","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-darkness-outside-us-9780062888280","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}