num_pages: 272
description: USA TODAY s 5 Books Not to MissVanity Fair s Books To Get You Through the WinterMarie Claire s 2020 Books to Add To Your Reading ListPopSugar s 20 Books Everyone Will Be Talking AboutCosmopolitan s 20 Books to Read this WinterThe author of the acclaimed novel Scarborough weaves an unforgettable and timely dystopian tale about a near-future where a queer Black performer and his allies join forces to rise up when an oppressive regime gathers those deemed Other into concentration camps.Set in a terrifyingly familiar near-future with massive floods leading to rampant homelessness and devastation a government-sanctioned regime called The Boots seizes on the opportunity to round up communities of color the disabled and the LGBTQ into labor camps.In the shadows a new hero emerges. After he loses his livelihood as a drag queen and the love of his life Kay joins the resistance alongside Bahadur a transmasculine refugee and Firuzeh a headstrong social worker. Guiding them in the use of weapons and close-quarters combat is Beck a rogue army officer who helps them plan an uprising at a major televised international event.With her signature raw yet beautiful disturbing yet hopeful ( Booklist ) prose Catherine Hernandez creates a vision of the future that is all the more frightening because it is very possible. A cautionary tale filled with fierce and vibrant characters Crosshairs explores the universal desire to thrive love and be loved for being your true self.
language: English
title: Crosshairs
publisher: Atria Books