{"product_id":"9781788951227","title":"The Boy I Am","description":"\u003cp\u003eThey 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41183183241368,"sku":"9781788951227","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/products\/9781788951227.jpg?v=1634994264","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781788951227","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}