Sales and Market Bullets RIGHTS DEALS: Audiobook rights licensed to Audible THE HOOK: A YA novel about a group of BIPOC private school girls who solve a mystery and catch an abuser. You'll fall in love with feisty Zahabiya and her friends as they help a school bully deal with her demons and work together to bring an abuser to accountability. AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: In 2023, Doctor received the prestigious Freedom to Read Award from The Writers' Union of Canada. She has been a finalist for the Toronto Book Award (2012), the Trillium Book Award (2021), the Evergreen Award (2021), and she won the Lambda Literary Award (2012). DIVERSE VOICES AND STORIES: Farzana Doctor was the recipient of the 2011 Dayne Ogilvie Prize from the Writers' Trust of Canada for emerging LGBTQIA2S+ writers. This novel is a campus YA novel with crossover potential and a diverse cast of characters. COMPLEX THEMES: Evoking elements of My Dark Vanessa and The Red Word , this novel unravels the complexities of consent, racism, power dynamics, social anxiety, and struggles with sexuality that so many teens face in a very accessible and story-forward way. There is significant crossover potential for adult readers of titles such as I Have Some Questions for You , The Secret History , and other campus novels dealing with power structures and abuse.
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