{"product_id":"the-art-thieves-isbn-9781646147526","title":"The Art Thieves","description":"\u003cp\u003eNnedi Okorafor meets Angeline Boulley in this gripping story of hope (and time travel!) amid climate collapse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBEST OF THE YEAR: Shelf Awareness * Cooperative Children's Book Center \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTO: Angel Wilson (LawAngel@IBLO.gov)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFROM: Stevie Henry (shenry@gmail.com)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThanks for coming to see me; but by the time you read this, it will be too late. No one will have started to panic, yet; but in less than two months nothing will be the same. What came first, The Chicken or the Egg Flu? I wish it mattered. But let’s just say, maybe go back to wearing a mask, bathing in sanitizer, and avoid birds and eggs for a bit…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI did not kill my brother. I did quite the opposite, really.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s the year 2052. Stevie Henry is a Cherokee girl working at a museum in Texas, trying to save up enough money to go to college. The world around her is in a cycle of drought and superstorms, ice and fire … but people get by. However, it’s about to get a whole lot worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a mysterious boy shows up at Stevie’s museum saying that he’s from the future—and telling her what is to come—she refuses to believe him. But soon she will have no choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the Walter Award–winning \u003ci\u003eMan Made Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e comes a YA novel that conjures our futures in startling life—the ones that we are headed toward, and the ones we can still work toward.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eP R A I S E \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Art Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that is both exciting to read and deeply thoughtful about our reality as well as the larger literary landscape of post-apocalyptic fiction. I couldn’t put it down, and as soon as I finished reading, I wanted to find something else like it. I even found myself hoping that Rogers might be working on a series. \u003ci\u003eThe Art Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e is reminiscent of Octavia Butler’s \u003ci\u003eParable of the Sower\u003c\/i\u003e and is in conversation with Afrofuturism more broadly.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSouthern Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e★ “Rogers employs smart and empathetic prose to present a realistically rendered science fiction tale that is at once adrenaline-pumping and emotionally moving. In this gripping adventure, Rogers considers the future of Indigenous heritage via an indomitable protagonist who, alongside a plethora of memorably realized characters, navigates tough issues relating to death, familial turmoil, exploitation, and climate collapse.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e★ “A stirring story about choosing to create a new future when disaster seems inevitable. Rogers's sophomore YA novel skillfully discusses the current affairs, pop culture, and climate-change related extreme weather events of the future and powerfully relates them to historical and contemporary legacies of racism and oppression . . . Award-winning author Andrea L. Rogers paints a stunning picture of what it means to hope for a better future and the strength it might take to make that future real.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Shelf-Awareness (starred)  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sharp social commentary folded into an all-too-believable dystopian setting.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the Walter Award-winning Man Made Monsters comes a YA novel that conjures our futures in startling life – the ones that we are headed towards, and the ones we can still work towards.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eP R A I S E \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\"\"\"The Art Thieves is a book that is both exciting to read and deeply thoughtful about our reality as well as the larger literary landscape of post-apocalyptic fiction. I couldn’t put it down, and as soon as I finished reading, I wanted to find something else like it. I even found myself hoping that Rogers might be working on a series. The Art Thieves is reminiscent of Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower and is in conversation with Afrofuturism more broadly.\"\"\"\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— Southern Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e★ “Rogers employs smart and empathetic prose to present a realistically rendered science fiction tale that is at once adrenaline-pumping and emotionally moving. In this gripping adventure, Rogers considers the future of Indigenous heritage via an indomitable protagonist who, alongside a plethora of memorably realized characters, navigates tough issues relating to death, familial turmoil, exploitation, and climate collapse.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— Publishers Weekly (starred)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e★ “A stirring story about choosing to create a new future when disaster seems inevitable Rogers's sophomore YA novel skillfully discusses the current affairs, pop culture, and climate-change related extreme weather events of the future and powerfully relates them to historical and contemporary legacies of racism and oppression.... Award-winning author Andrea L. Rogers paints a stunning picture of what it means to hope for a better future and the strength it might take to make that future real.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e — Shelf-Awareness (starred)  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sharp social commentary folded into an all-too-believable dystopian setting.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Kirkus\"\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lantern Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48530165039333,"sku":"NP9781646147526","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-art-thieves-isbn-9781646147526","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}