{"product_id":"the-reformatory-hardcover","title":"The Reformatory - 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\u003eTananarive Due\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"You're in for a treat. \u003ci\u003eThe Reformatory\u003c\/i\u003e is one of those books you can't put down. Tananarive Due hit it out of the park.\" --Stephen King\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he's sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice, for the living, and the dead.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGracetown, Florida \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJune 1950 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So begins Robbie's journey further into the terrors of the Jim Crow South and the very real horror of the school they call The Reformatory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobbie has a talent for seeing ghosts, or haints. But what was once a comfort to him after the loss of his mother has become a window to the truth of what happens at the reformatory. Boys forced to work to remediate their so-called crimes have gone missing, but the haints Robbie sees hint at worse things. Through his friends Redbone and Blue, Robbie is learning not just the rules but how to survive. Meanwhile, Gloria is rallying every family member and connection in Florida to find a way to get Robbie out before it's too late. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Reformatory\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting work of historical fiction written as only American Book Award-winning author Tananarive Due could, by piecing together the life of the relative her family never spoke of and bringing his tragedy and those of so many others at the infamous Dozier School for Boys to the light in this riveting novel.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTananarive Due is an American Book Award-winning, \u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of sixteen books, including \u003ci\u003eBlood Colony\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Living Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Good House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Joplin's Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDevil's Wake. \u003c\/i\u003eShe was also a contributor to Jonathan Maberry's middle grade anthology, \u003ci\u003eDon't Turn Out the Lights\u003c\/i\u003e. She has won an American Book Award, an NAACP Image Award, and a British Fantasy Award. She teaches Black Horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Visit her website TananariveDue.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51998189814061,"sku":"9781982188344","price":28.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/22o4T-wpPl9781982188344.webp?v=1776498626","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-reformatory-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}