In middle-grade debut, Gone Wolf , award-winning author Amber Mcbride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America.
In this symphony of a novel, award-winning author Amber Mcbride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America, and empowers readers to remember their voices and stories are important, especially when they feel the need to go wolf..
Her two older brothers used to help her, but now she\'s on her own, until a college student helps her see the difference between being Blue and sad, and Black and empowered.
Imogen has intense phobias and nightmares of confinement.
The pandemic has distanced her from everyone but her mother and her therapist.
In the present, Imogen lives outside of Washington DC.
Inmate Eleven wants to go Wolf too--she wants to know why she feels so Blue and what is beyond her small-small room.
She lives in a small-small room with her dog, who is going Wolf more often - he\'s pacing and imagining he\'s free.
She is called a Blue -- the color of sadness.
In the future, a Black girl known only as Inmate Eleven is kept confined -- to be used as a biological match for the president\'s son, should he fall ill.
In middle-grade debut, Gone Wolf , award-winning author Amber Mcbride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America
