# Gone Wolf - Hardcover

by **Amber McBride** (Author)

**Award-winning author Amber McBride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America, in this middle-grade novel that has been compared to the work of Jordan Peele and praised as "****brilliantly inventive storytelling" by _Publishers Weekly._****  
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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. She is called a Blue -- the color of sadness. She lives in a small-small room with her dog, who is _going wolf_ more often - he's pacing and imagining he's free. Inmate Eleven wants to _go wolf_ too--she wants to know why she feels so Blue and what is beyond her small-small room.

In the present, Imogen lives outside of Washington DC. The pandemic has distanced her from everyone but her mother and her therapist. Imogen has intense phobias and nightmares of confinement. 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.

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.

### Author Biography

**Amber McBride**'s debut young adult novel, _Me (Moth)_, was a finalist for the National Book Awards and won the 2022 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, among many other accolades. Her second young adult novel, _We Are All So Good at Smiling_, was praised for offering "important messages, uniquely delivered" by _Kirkus_ in a starred review. _Gone Wolf_ marks Amber McBride's middle grade fiction debut. She is a professor of creative writing at University of Virginia, and lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

**Number of Pages:** 352

**Dimensions:** 1.3 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN

**Publication Date:** October 03, 2023

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