{"product_id":"crosshairs-paperback","title":"Crosshairs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine Hernandez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e's 5 Books Not to Miss\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e's Books To Get You Through the Winter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e's 2020 Books to Add To Your Reading List\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePopSugar\u003c\/i\u003e's 20 Books Everyone Will Be Talking About\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e's 20 Books to Read this Winter\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eA beautiful, unapologetic, and unwatered-down...dystopian [novel] that holds a sobering mirror up to our own world\" (Marie Lu, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e bestselling author) from the author of the acclaimed novel \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eScarborough.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the wake of the escalating global battle for economic and social justice, award-winning author Catherine Hernandez has crafted a dystopian tale of love, friendship, and resistance set in a terrifyingly familiar near-future. \u003ci\u003eCrosshairs\u003c\/i\u003e births an indelible landscape of memory and uncertainty as Kay, the gay son of Filipino and Jamaican immigrants, is on the run from a fascist regime operated by a paramilitary group known as the Boots. Those who fall at the bottom of the Boots' social stratification are rendered \"Other\" and subsequently sent to work camps. They suffer violence that pushes them further into this otherness, although the new regime labels these sweeping acts the \"Renovation.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKay's account of these events is a silent letter to his lover, Evan, from whom he is separated when the Renovation's plans fall rapidly into place. When Kay finds himself on the run again, he lands in the front lines of a civilian-led movement called the Resistance. There, he discovers the answer to his question: \"I wonder what could possibly happen in my lifetime that would have me running. What would mean enough to me to fight against it?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrosshairs\u003c\/i\u003e grapples with a matrix of oppressive systems perpetuated by environmental disaster and state-sanctioned violence. Amid the flames of hatred and distrust, marginalized communities rise against the repressive structures that see them as anything but human, and with this, a thrilling message of hope is forged.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine Hernandez is a proud queer woman of color, radical mother, theater practitioner, award-winning author, and the artistic director of b current Performing Arts and the Sulong Theatre. She is of Filipino, Spanish, Chinese, and Indian heritage, and she is married into the Navajo Nation. She is the author of the plays \u003ci\u003eSingkil\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKilt Pins\u003c\/i\u003e, the children's book \u003ci\u003eM Is for Mustache: A Pride ABC Book\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novels \u003ci\u003eScarborough\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCrosshairs\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 17, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699357716543,"sku":"9781982146030","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/590bd8b2473c9753f501f64f7b45b3a1.webp?v=1765013337","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/crosshairs-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}