Crosshairs: A NovelUSA TODAY’s 5 Books Not to Miss Vanity Fair’s Books To Get You Through the Winter Marie Claire’s 2020 Books to Add To Your Reading List PopSugar’s 20 Books Everyone Will Be Talking About Cosmopolitan’s 20 Books to Read this Winter The 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. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adea and Amana arms asked audience Bahadur Beck Beck's began Black blanket body Boots breath Buddies in Bad Charles Clara corner crowd dance door drag drag queen dress Emma Evan eyes face Facebook Fanny feel Finnegan Firuzeh floor front fucking gay village gestured hair hands Hanna happened head hear heart hide hijabs hockey bag hold Homewood jacket Keith kiss kitchen Korus laughed lip-syncing lips Liv's looked mother mouth move Nadine night nodded Nolan okay Parkdale Pizza Pizza Queen remember Renovation Royal Travesty screaming Sedgewick shaking Shoppers Drug Mart shoulders side silence sleeve smile song sound Ssss stand stood stop tell Thank things told took Toronto trying twins voice waiting walking watched waved wearing window wiped woman workhouses Yonge Street Yonge-Dundas Square