{"title":"Nova Ren Suma","description":"Nova Ren Suma is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Walls Around Us, which was an Edgar Award finalist. She also wrote Imaginary Girls and 17 \u0026amp; Gone and is co-creator of FORESHADOW: A Serial YA Anthology. She has an MFA in fiction from Columbia University and teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Originally from the Hudson Valley, she spent most of her adult life in New York City and now lives in Philadelphia.","products":[{"product_id":"a-room-away-from-the-wolves-paperback","title":"A Room Away from the Wolves - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Shiver-inducingly delicious.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" Suma's] narratives are subtle, quicksilver creatures, her language is elegant, and her characters keep more secrets than they reveal. If this book was a dessert, it wouldn't be a chocolate chip cookie or a vanilla birthday cake -- it would be an earl grey lavender macaroon, or maybe balsamic fig ice cream.\" - NPR.com \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This beautiful story is full of magical-realism and luscious, lyrical writing.\" - \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Terrific . . . A gothic love letter to secret places of New York City and the runaway girls who find them.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eKelly Link, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGet in Trouble\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nova Ren Suma surpasses herself with this gorgeously-told, mesmerizing, tense and twisted story.\"-- Laura Ruby, National Book Award Finalist and Printz-Winning author of \u003ci\u003eBone Gap\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nova Ren Suma is a force to be reckoned with. Nobody writes like her.\"--Courtney Summers, author of \u003ci\u003eSadie\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eA Room Away From the Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e is a page-turning thrill. Prepare to be left shivery and spooked and a little bit heartbroken.\"--Emily X.R. Pan, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Astonishing Color of After\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eA Room Away from the Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully tangled chain, a modern gothic haunting by one of our masters.\"--Elana K. Arnold, author of National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eWhat Girls Are Made Of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bina has never forgotten the time she and her mother ran away from home. Her mother promised they would hitchhike to the city to escape Bina's cruel father and start over. But before they could even leave town, Bina had a new stepfather and two new stepsisters, and a humming sense of betrayal pulling apart the bond with her mother--a bond Bina thought was unbreakable.\u003cp\u003eEight years later, after too many lies and with trouble on her heels, Bina finds herself on the side of the road again, the city of her dreams calling for her. She has an old suitcase, a fresh black eye, and a room waiting for her at Catherine House, a young women's residence in Greenwich Village with a tragic history, a vow of confidentiality, and dark, magical secrets. There, Bina is drawn to her enigmatic downstairs neighbor Monet, a girl who is equal parts intriguing and dangerous. As Bina's lease begins to run out, and nightmare and memory get tangled, she will be forced to face the terrible truth of why she's come to Catherine House and what it will cost for her to leave . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eA Room Away from the Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e, critically acclaimed and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Nova Ren Suma weaves a spellbinding ghost story about who deserves a second chance, how we lie to those around us and ourselves, and what lengths girls will go to in order to save each other.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere was Catherine House, same as my mother described in all her stories. The gate was open, but I wasn't sure if I should walk in. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Do you live here?\" a woman said to me, her voice grim. She noticed my suitcase. \"You're moving in. Don't. If I were your mother, I'd tell you to go home. Right now.\"","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50430701666527,"sku":"9781616209841","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/cTZra2VuUWszYW9uQnpLZlV3aUY1QT09.webp?v=1782168845"},{"product_id":"the-walls-around-us-paperback","title":"The Walls Around Us - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An NPR Best Book of 2015 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Chicago Public Library Best Teen Fiction of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BookRiot Best Book of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2016 YALSA Best Book for Young Adults\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e Horn Book \u003c\/i\u003eFanfare Best Books of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2015 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Young Adult\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"With evocative language, a shifting timeline and more than one unreliable narrator, Suma subtly explores the balance of power between the talented and the mediocre, the rich and the poor, the brave and the cowardly . . . To reveal more would be to uncover the bloody heart that beats beneath the floorboards of this urban-legend-tinged tale.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Walls Around Us\u003c\/i\u003e is a ghostly story of suspense told in two voices--one still living and one dead. On the outside, there's Violet, an eighteen-year-old ballerina days away from the life of her dreams when something threatens to expose the shocking truth of her achievement. On the inside, within the walls of a girls' juvenile detention center, there's Amber, locked up for so long she can't imagine freedom. Tying these two worlds together is Orianna, who holds the key to unlocking all the girls' darkest mysteries: What really happened on the night Orianna stepped between Violet and her tormentors? What really happened on two strange nights at Aurora Hills? Will Amber and Violet and Orianna ever get the justice they deserve--in this life or in another one? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 Spring 2015 Kids' Indie Next List Pick \u003cbr\u003e A Junior Library Guild Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ori's dead because of what happened out behind the theater, in the tunnel made out of trees. She's dead because she got sent to that place upstate, locked up with those monsters. And she got sent there because of me.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the outside, there's Violet, a dancer days away from the life of her dreams when something threatens to expose the shocking truth of her achievement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the inside, within the walls of Aurora Hills juvenile detention center, there's Amber, imprisoned for so long she can't imagine freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tying their two worlds together is Orianna, who holds the key to unlocking all the girls' darkest mysteries . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Walls Around Us\u003c\/i\u003e is a ghostly story of suspense told in two voices--one still living and one long dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Unputdownable . . . The well-paced plot reveals guilt, innocence, and dark truths that will not stay hidden.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"With evocative language, a shifting timeline and more than one unreliable narrator, Suma subtly explores the balance of power between the talented and the mediocre, the rich and the poor, the brave and the cowardly . . . To reveal more would be to uncover the bloody heart that beats beneath the floorboards of this urban-legend-tinged tale.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--The New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A suspenseful tour de force, a ghost story of the best sort, the kind that creeps into your soul and haunts you.\" \u003cb\u003e--Libba Bray, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Diviners\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Great and Terrible Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A gorgeously written, spellbinding ghost story.\" --Chicago Tribune","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50433279525087,"sku":"9781616205904","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/KzFuZE04NE5aUlM4Zy8zREJ5djBLUT09.webp?v=1782172382"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/nova-ren-suma.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}