{"product_id":"the-art-thieves-hardcover","title":"The Art Thieves - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrea L. Rogers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNnedi Okorafor meets Angeline Boulley in this gripping story of hope (and time travel!) amid climate collapse\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEST OF THE YEAR: Shelf Awareness * Cooperative Children's Book Center \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTO: Angel Wilson (LawAngel@IBLO.gov)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFROM: Stevie Henry (shenry@gmail.com)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\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\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI did not kill my brother. I did quite the opposite, really.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. But it's about to get a whole lot worse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 towards, and the ones we can still work towards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eP R A I S E \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-- Southern Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e (starred)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eShelf-Awareness \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e(starred) \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sharp social commentary folded into an all-too-believable dystopian setting.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea L. Rogers\u003c\/b\u003e is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and graduated with an MFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. Her picture book, \u003ci\u003eChooch Helped\u003c\/i\u003e, was awarded the Caldecott Medal. Andrea's collection of horror stories, \u003ci\u003eMan Made Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e, received six starred reviews and won the Walter Dean Myers Award for Young Adult fiction. She is also the author of the YA novel \u003ci\u003eThe Art Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor residence: \u003c\/b\u003eFayetteville, AR \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.5 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526543020255,"sku":"9781646143788","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/fXt0tbpn-M9781646143788.webp?v=1783274325","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-art-thieves-hardcover","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}