{"product_id":"tradition-9781481480345","title":"Tradition","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Deeply felt, powerful, devastating and, ultimately, hopeful.\" -- Nicola Yoon, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEverything, Everything \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Is Also a Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Powerful and necessary...an important, timely book.\" --Amber Smith, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Way I Used to Be\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A story that belongs in every library.\" --\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A thoughtfully crafted argument for feminism and allyship.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling and award-winning author Brendan Kiely, a stunning novel that explores the insidious nature of tradition at a prestigious boarding school.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrestigious. Powerful. Privileged. This is Fullbrook Academy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJules Devereux just wants to keep her head down, avoid distractions, and get into the right college, so she can leave Fullbrook and its old-boy social codes behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJamie Baxter feels like an imposter at Fullbrook, but the hockey scholarship that got him in has given him a chance to escape his past and fulfill the dreams of his parents and coaches, whose mantra rings in his ears: \u003ci\u003eDon't disappoint us\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Jules and Jamie's lives intertwine, and the pressures to play by the rules and to keep the school's toxic secrets, they are faced with a powerful choice: remain silent while others get hurt, or stand together against the ugly, sexist traditions of an institution that believes it can do no wrong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrendan Kiely\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAll American Boys \u003c\/i\u003e(with Jason Reynolds), \u003ci\u003eTradition\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last True Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel of Winter\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eThe Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been published in over a dozen languages, and has received the Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award, the Walter Dean Meyers Award, and ALA's Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults. A former high school teacher, he is now on the faculty of the Solstice MFA Program. He watches too much basketball and reads too many books at the same time, but most importantly, he lives for and loves his wife and son. Find out more at BrendanKiely.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Margaret K. McElderry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50850895495442,"sku":"9781481480345","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6fa7bcc9-d1c2-4482-96f4-55781b512a29.jpg?v=1737420427","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tradition-9781481480345","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}