{"product_id":"the-art-thieves-hardcover","title":"The Art Thieves - Hardcover","description":"\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","brand":"Levine Querido","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46584189255836,"sku":"9781646143788","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/7616\/7324\/files\/9781646143788.jpg?v=1774480115","url":"https:\/\/bronzeandbrass.store\/products\/the-art-thieves-hardcover","provider":"Bronze \u0026 Brass","version":"1.0","type":"link"}