The boy I am

Kettle, K. L

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In the House of Boys, young men are auctioned off to the female elite. Sixteen-year-old Jude wants more than this, but how far is he prepared to go for a chance of freedom?

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Publish Date: 07/01/2021
ISBN: 9781788951227 Category: Tag:

Description

They say we’re dangerous. But we’re not that different.

Jude is running out of time. Once a year, lucky young men in the House of Boys are auctioned to the female elite. But if Jude fails to be selected before he turns seventeen, a future deep underground in the mines awaits.

Yet ever since the death of his best friend at the hands of the all-powerful Chancellor, Jude has been desperate to escape the path set out for him. Finding himself entangled in a plot to assassinate the Chancellor, he finally has a chance to avenge his friend and win his freedom. But at what price?

A speculative YA thriller, tackling themes of traditional gender roles and power dynamics, for fans of Malorie Blackman, Louise O’Neill and THE POWER.

“Brutal, uncompromising and edge-of-your-seat action all the way through” - Alex Bell, author of FROZEN CHARLOTTE
“The best kind of up-all-night dystopian YA, thought-provoking, different and above all, an extraordinarily exciting story, whose main character, Jude, will stay with me for a very long time” Lucy Coats
“It’s a gutsy, intelligent, tension-building tale. A bit Handmaid’s Tale, a bit Mad Max, and a creature all its own.” Sinead O’Hart, author of THE EYE OF THE NORTH
Mind blowingly good. Love it. It’s going to get readers thinking.” Dr Vanessa Harbour
“A dark, thought-provoking dystopian that is gorgeously written too” Amy McCaw, author of MINA AND THE UNDEAD
It’s so gripping and tense and thought-provoking” Ben Oliver, author of THE LOOP

Additional information

Dimensions 198 × 129 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

377

Language

English

Edition

|Paperback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

Young Adult / Code: C