Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (English) Paperback Book

Description: Dread Nation by Justina Ireland Winner of the 2019 Locus Award for Young Adult Novel FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Winner of the 2019 Locus Award for Young Adult NovelShortlisted for the 2019 Hugo Awards: Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult BookAge range 14 to 18A story of the undead like youve never read before, Justina Irelands Dread Nation is a fresh, stunning, and powerful meditation on race in America wrapped in an alternate-history adventure where Confederate and Union soldiers rise from the dead at the end of the Civil War.Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Civil Warera America - derailing the War Between the States and changing the nation forever. In this new nation, safety for all depends on the work of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro Re-education Act require certain children to attend combat schools to learn to put down the dead. But there are also opportunities - and Jane is studying to become an Attendant, trained in both weaponry and etiquette to protect the well-to-do. Its a chance for a better life for Negro girls like Jane. After all, not even being the daughter of a wealthy white Southern woman could save her from societys expectations.But thats not a life Jane wants. Almost finished with her education at Miss Prestons School of Combat in Baltimore, Jane is set on returning to her Kentucky home and doesnt pay much mind to the politics of the eastern cities, with their talk of returning America to the glory of its days before the dead rose. But when families around Baltimore County begin to go missing, Jane is caught in the middle of a conspiracy, one that finds her in a desperate fight for her life against some powerful enemies. And the restless dead, it would seem, are the least of her problems.At once provocative, terrifying, and darkly subversive, Dread Nation is Justina Irelands stunning vision of an America both foreign and familiar - a country on the brink, at the explosive crossroads where race, humanity, and survival meet.Will catch readers off-guard with its blend of genres: it starts out as an historical thriller but then tosses in hard hits of mystery, dystopian reimagining, romance, and humor. Janes voice reads familiar to more contemporary considerations of Black girlhood, with elements such as beauty standards, colorism, and friendships. - Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books (starred review) Author Biography Justina Ireland is the New York Times bestselling author of Promise of Shadows, Vengeance Bound and the Devils Pass series. A controversial and active figure in the YA community, she has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University and started a database for sensitivity readers at Writing in the Margins. She has 17.4k Twitter followers and lives with her husband and child in Pennsylvania Details ISBN1789090873 Author Justina Ireland Pages 464 Publisher Titan Books Ltd Year 2019 ISBN-10 1789090873 ISBN-13 9781789090871 Format Paperback Imprint Titan Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.6 Publication Date 2019-02-01 Language English UK Release Date 2019-02-01 NZ Release Date 2019-02-01 Audience General AU Release Date 2019-01-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:124261195;

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