{"product_id":"one-of-our-kind-isbn-9780593470671","title":"One of Our Kind","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Nicola Yoon’s daring new work of dystopian horror is a propulsive satire set in an all-Black gated community. For fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Sellout\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eErasure, \u003c\/i\u003ewith a shocking ending you’ll never see coming, Jodi Picoult calls it \"Brilliant, provocative, seminal....Your book club will be discussing this one for DAYS.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJasmyn and King Williams move their family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California hoping to find a community of like-minded people, a place where their growing family can thrive. King settles in at once, embracing the Liberty ethos, including the luxe wellness center at the top of the hill, which proves to be the heart of the community. But Jasmyn struggles to find her place. She expected to find liberals and social justice activists striving for racial equality, but Liberty residents seem more focused on booking spa treatments and ignoring the world’s troubles. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJasmyn’s only friends in the community are equally perplexed and frustrated by most residents' outlook. Then Jasmyn discovers a terrible secret about Liberty and its founders. Frustration turns to dread as their loved ones start embracing the Liberty way of life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill the truth destroy her world in ways she never could have imagined?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA gripping thriller with wry, razor-sharp social commentary, \u003ci\u003eOne of Our Kind\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ways in which freedom is complicated by the presumptions we make about ourselves and each other.\u003cb\u003eOne of Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Most Anticipated Mystery\/Thriller of the Spring\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eCrime Reads\u003c\/i\u003e’ Best Psychological Thriller of the Month \u003cbr\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e's Best New Books of the Week\u003cbr\u003eNamed an \"It Book\" of June by \u003ci\u003eBook Riot \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e “One of Our Kind\u003c\/i\u003e [has]...a freight-train feel. It fits in with a recent wave of Black social horror that includes novels like \u003ci\u003eThe Other Black Girl\u003c\/i\u003e and movies like \u003ci\u003eGet Out\u003c\/i\u003e....The warmth in Yoon’s writing, though, sets this book apart. The affection and care she has for all her characters and the reasons that have taken them to Liberty deepen the novel’s stakes and heighten its terror. Yoon also reminds us, through Jasmyn’s friendships and her relationship with her husband, King, of the richness and intimacy of Black culture, and underlines how much more we are than our trauma.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Kashana Cauley, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] intense, politically charged thriller set at a gated Black community in Los Angeles, where Jasmyn Williams and her husband, King, learn that the wounds of police brutality and racism affect different people in very different ways. Some just want to wrap themselves in luxury and spa treatments—if that’s what’s really going on at the community's cultish wellness palace. Truly chilling.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Marion Winik, \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An unsettling social thriller that is \u003ci\u003eGet Out\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eRosemary’s Baby. One of Our Kind...\u003c\/i\u003eis set in Liberty, Calif., a fictional idyllic all-Black gated community outside of Los Angeles. Jasmyn, a public defender expecting her second child, moves there with her venture capitalist husband and their young son looking for a place where they can feel safe and supported. What she finds isn’t the Black utopia she dreamed of, but a town more interested in self-care than social justice issues. When Jasmyn starts digging into the community’s history, she uncovers a shocking secret about Liberty’s founders that threatens to tear her family apart.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Shannon Carlin,\u003ci\u003e Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A slow-burn thriller that crosses the cinematic vectors of \u003ci\u003eGet Out\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStepford Wives\u003c\/i\u003e in a story about a young family that moves to a prosperous Black community, only to find that all is not as utopian as it seems.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—The New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yoon’s characters talk honestly about race and the various strategies of speaking out or fitting in....Artful writing and pacing sustain the tension to the very end. And this is a story you’ll want to talk about afterward.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Suzanne Perez, \u003ci\u003eKMUW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"File best-selling author Nicola Yoon’s latest under thriller or literary fiction or dystopian fiction, but make sure you read \u003ci\u003eOne Of Our Kind\u003c\/i\u003e, a story of the “perfect” gated community for people of color where all–inevitably–is not as it seems.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Michael Giltz, \u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Many have ventured into the 'neighborhood that is not what it seems' category of suspense, but no one has done it better than Nicola Yoon....Absolutely jaw-dropping.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Molly Odintz, \u003ci\u003eCrime Reads \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With haunting and powerful prose, Nicola Yoon brilliantly imagines a world with much to tell us about our own.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—John Green, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eTurtles All the Way Down\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brilliant, provocative, seminal — there aren’t enough adjectives to describe how much food for thought Yoon’s novel provided.  When cultural identity is shaped by trauma, can you even imagine who you are when that trauma is excised?  What is the difference between equality and equity?  And how deep into the magma of racism does implicit bias go?  Your book club will be discussing this one for DAYS.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jodi Picoult, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling author of \u003ci\u003eWish You Were Here\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Nicola Yoon can write about any subject beautifully, but what she's done in \u003ci\u003eOne of Our Kind\u003c\/i\u003e is as thrilling as it is lusciously written. I can't remember the last time a book kept me turning the pages so quickly, or kept me up so late. \u003ci\u003eOne of Our Kind\u003c\/i\u003e is for readers who want to be taken to the edge of expectation, and solidly dropped into the middle of a new nightmare. I still have goosebumps.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ashley C. Ford, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e best-selling author of Somebody’s Daughter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Provocative...Sure to spark book club conversations for years to come. Who says you can’t tackle big, important contemporary ideas in a page-turning thriller?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eOne of Our Kind\u003c\/i\u003e] is set in a newly planned utopian community for Black Americans in California....As with all utopias, usually, things aren't exactly as they seem....For fans of dystopian fiction, this is a great fast-paced read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jordan Lauf, WNYC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Masterful. . . . Yoon maintains taut, nerve-shattering suspense throughout as she delves into societal fault lines and cultural anxieties, crafting a brutally effective examination of how generational trauma roots itself in the body. The dialogue in particular shines as the characters argue, sympathize, and search for connection with one another, even in the face of the terror that surrounds them. Yoon’s latest will linger in readers’ minds long after its horrifying conclusion.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003eSTARRED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Yoon is skilled at sustaining the tension throughout Jasmyn’s investigations, exposing the ways that Black communities are undermined both internally and externally. It’s an artful page-turning thriller, but constantly mindful that decisions about community and identity can put lives at stake. A bracing tale of the perils of groupthink and willful ignorance.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, STARRED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Yoon steadily builds suspense and provocation in this chilling, subtly speculative tale via perfectly selected details and unnerving conversations...In the mode of Percival Everett, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, and Rion Amilcar Scott, Yoon presents a riveting tale spiked with surprises, laced with compassion, and designed for discussion as it raises unsettling questions about class, Blackness, parenthood, social responsibility, justice, and the hidden repercussions of deep, centuries-spanning trauma.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, STARRED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The paradoxes and discontents of the upwardly mobile Black bourgeoisie are territory the Jamaican-born, wildly successful Yoon knows intimately and draws with precision. Like Kiley Reid (\u003ci\u003eSuch a Fun Age\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCome and Get It\u003c\/i\u003e), Yoon vividly captures the racial and political zeitgeist… [A] potent illustration of the effects of racial trauma…Bold and razor sharp.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—BookPage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Chilling....Yoon's novel plants serious, relevant questions about what true safety and true freedom look like, about what it means when Black pride and Black joy are subsumed by racism, fear, and repeated trauma....A topical novel ripe for discussion and debate.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Norah Piehl, \u003ci\u003eBookBrowse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I’m a huge fan of Nicola Yoon. \u003ci\u003eThe Sun is Also A Star \u003c\/i\u003eleft me in tears. Yes, that is a good thing. But now the author is moving into new territory: adult fiction. And adult fiction that sounds SUPER SCARY. I’m in.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Emily Martin, \u003ci\u003eBookRiot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNICOLA YOON is the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eInstructions for Dancing\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEverything, Everything\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e The Sun Is Also a Star,\u003c\/i\u003e and is a coauthor of \u003ci\u003eBlackout\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a National Book Award finalist, a Michael L. Printz Award recipient, a Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe New Talent Award winner and the first Black woman to hit #1 on the New York Times Young Adult best-seller list. Two of her novels have been made into major motion pictures. She’s also the copublisher of Joy Revolution, a Random House young adult imprint dedicated to love stories starring people of color. She grew up in Jamaica and Brooklyn, New York, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, the novelist David Yoon, and their daughter.","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300044755173,"sku":"NP9780593470671","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593470671.jpg?v=1767734191","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/one-of-our-kind-isbn-9780593470671","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}