Boy I Am

In a world where young men are auctioned off to the highest bidder, Jude must find a way to escape his fate and avenge his friend's death. A thrilling and thought-provoking YA thriller with themes of power dynamics and traditional gender roles.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 07 January 2021
Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group

They say we're dangerous. But we're not that different.

Jude is running out of time.

Once a year, lucky young men in the House of Boys are auctioned to the female elite. But if Jude fails to be selected before he turns seventeen, a future deep underground in the mines awaits.

Yet ever since the death of his best friend at the hands of the all-powerful Chancellor, Jude has been desperate to escape the path set out for him.

Finding himself entangled in a plot to assassinate the Chancellor, he finally has a chance to avenge his friend and win his freedom. But at what price?

A speculative YA thriller, tackling themes of traditional gender roles and power dynamics, for fans of Malorie Blackman, Louise ONeill, and THE POWER.

Brutal, uncompromising, and edge-of-your-seat action all the way through -- Alex Bell, author of FROZEN CHARLOTTE

The best kind of up-all-night dystopian YA, thought-provoking, different, and above all, an extraordinarily exciting story, whose main character, Jude, will stay with me for a very long time.

Lucy Coats

It's a gutsy, intelligent, tension-building tale. A bit Handmaid's Tale, a bit Mad Max, and a creature all its own.

Sinead O'Hart, author of THE EYE OF THE NORTH

Mind blowingly good. Love it. It's going to get readers thinking.

Dr. Vanessa Harbour

A dark, thought-provoking dystopian that is gorgeously written too.

Amy McCaw, author of MINA AND THE UNDEAD

Its so gripping and tense and thought-provoking.

Ben Oliver, author of THE LOOP

Weight: 272g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781788951227