Awards
- Commended for Benjamin Franklin Award (Cover Design-Child & Y/A) 2024
Overview
A 2024 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Medal Winner ""A brutal, suspenseful, and surprising read with an unforgettable protagonist."" -School Library Journal, Starred Review ""Utterly riveting from beginning to end."" -Demetra Brodsky, ITW and Black-Eyed Susan Award-nominated author of Last Girls Be Careful Who You Root For When a violent, decades-long feud between two powerful men comes to a head in the small settlement of Bladestay, Colorado, cunning resident Theo Creed must use her wits to stay alive. Disguising herself as a young boy, seventeen-year-old Theo bluffs her way into the inner circle of August Gains, the magnetic leader of the ruthless gang that has descended on her town. But the deeper Theo gets into the con, the more she starts to question her loyalties. Complicating her subterfuge is a mysterious outlaw whose small moments of kindness contradict the blood he has on his hands, making Theo wonder who, exactly, is conning who. To save her town, Theo must parse facade from reality and choose between the barefaced malevolence she's infiltrated and an evil she didn't know lurked at home. For readers who enjoy No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy and Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee.
Full Product Details
Author: Jackie Johnson
Publisher: CamCat Publishing, LLC
Imprint: CamCat Publishing, LLC
Dimensions:
Width: 13.90cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 21.50cm
ISBN: 9780744306958
ISBN 10: 0744306957
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 26 November 2024
Recommended Age: From 13 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
"""A brutal, suspenseful, and surprising read with an unforgettable protagonist."" --School Library Journal, Starred Review ""Deeply beautiful and tragic, Bladestay brings together dark family secrets, a love story, and one hell of a strong female lead searching for the truth at every cost. Utterly riveting from beginning to end."" --Demetra Brodsky, ITW and Black-Eyed Susan Award-nominated author of Last Girls"
Author Information
Jackie Johnson is a San Diego born poet and novelist. Her background as a journalist, BA in history, and education in armed defense gives her a uniquely authentic voice within the historical genre. She's been riding horses for over twenty years and had her own real-life cowboy love story when she fell in love with and married a horse trainer. Together, they established a ranch in Southern California where she spends her days writing, riding, and chasing after their dreams, their two children, four horses, six cats, and two dogs. Bladestay is her first novel.
