{"product_id":"9781250144195","title":"The Cruelty","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Cruelty\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Scott Bergstrom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cruelty\u003c\/i\u003e is an action-packed young adult thriller (optioned for film by Jerry Bruckheimer) about a girl who must train as an assassin to deal with the gangsters who have kidnapped her father.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGwendolyn's father kept his life a secret from her. When he goes missing, she's plunged into a world of assassins, spies, and criminal masterminds. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Gwendolyn Bloom’s father vanishes, she sets off on a journey she never bargained for. Traveling under a new identity, she uncovers a disturbing truth: to bring her father back alive, she must become every bit as cruel as the men holding him captive. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis suspensful debut from Scott Bergstrom features a strong female character and nonstop, cinematic action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Cruelty\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Liam Neeson’s 2008 film Taken concerned a spy who engages in mass mayhem while attempting to recover his kidnapped daughter. Bergstrom reverses this plot in his violent, well-crafted first novel. Seventeen-year-old gymnast Gwendolyn Bloom doesn’t learn that her father is a genuine spy?and not merely an overworked State Department employee?until after he is kidnapped by international gangsters, and the CIA makes little attempt to recover him . . . A grim, fast- paced tale.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[T]his debut novel is relentlessly paced, full of global sets, slick action...with a grim, ass-kicking antihero.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cruelty\u003c\/i\u003e is a nominee for the 2018 Edgar Award for best Young Adult book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List (2018), Nominated Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee (2018)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250144195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40670963433678,"sku":"9781250144195","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_8512acbf-fa23-42df-a74f-a20a17e6e971.jpg?v=1639797482","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250144195","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}