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Gone Wolf

Amber McBride

Ages: 14+

Published: 2023

Publisher: Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan

ISBN: 978-1-250-85049-2

Keywords: authoritarianism, prejudice, trauma, epidemics, slavery, brothers & sisters, mental health, foster families

Imogen, a Black girl, lives in two worlds and two times—or does she? Solving the puzzle might help her heal. Does human freedom hang in the balance?