Crosshairs: A Novel
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- Synopsis
- USA TODAY&’s 5 Books Not to Miss Vanity Fair&’s Books To Get You Through the Winter Marie Claire&’s 2020 Books to Add To Your Reading List PopSugar&’s 20 Books Everyone Will Be Talking About Cosmopolitan&’s 20 Books to Read this Winter &“A beautiful, unapologetic, and unwatered-down...dystopian [novel] that holds a sobering mirror up to our own world&” (Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling author) from the author of the acclaimed novel Scarborough.In the wake of the escalating global battle for economic and social justice, award-winning author Catherine Hernandez has crafted a dystopian tale of love, friendship, and resistance set in a terrifyingly familiar near-future. Crosshairs births an indelible landscape of memory and uncertainty as Kay, the gay son of Filipino and Jamaican immigrants, is on the run from a fascist regime operated by a paramilitary group known as the Boots. Those who fall at the bottom of the Boots&’ social stratification are rendered &“Other&” and subsequently sent to work camps. They suffer violence that pushes them further into this otherness, although the new regime labels these sweeping acts the &“Renovation.&” Kay&’s account of these events is a silent letter to his lover, Evan, from whom he is separated when the Renovation&’s plans fall rapidly into place. When Kay finds himself on the run again, he lands in the front lines of a civilian-led movement called the Resistance. There, he discovers the answer to his question: &“I wonder what could possibly happen in my lifetime that would have me running. What would mean enough to me to fight against it?&” Crosshairs grapples with a matrix of oppressive systems perpetuated by environmental disaster and state-sanctioned violence. Amid the flames of hatred and distrust, marginalized communities rise against the repressive structures that see them as anything but human, and with this, a thrilling message of hope is forged.
- Copyright:
- 2020
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 272 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781982146047
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781982146030
- Publisher:
- Atria Books
- Date of Addition:
- 01/24/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Catherine Hernandez
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.