{"product_id":"the-spirit-bares-its-teeth","title":"The Spirit Bares Its Teeth","description":"\u003cp\u003eINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Stonewall Honor Book in Young Adult Literature!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSPRAYED EDGES—Paperback edition features gorgeous violet edges! Bestselling author Andrew Joseph White returns with the transgressive gothic horror of our time!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMors vincit omnia. Death conquers all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has thinned. Violet-eyed mediums commune with spirits under the watchful eye of the Royal Speaker Society, and sixteen-year-old trans, autistic Silas Bell would rather rip out his violet eyes than become an obedient Speaker wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a failed attempt to escape an arranged marriage, Silas is diagnosed with Veil sickness—a mysterious disease sending violet-eyed women into madness—and shipped away to Braxton’s Finishing School and Sanitorium. When the ghosts of missing students start begging Silas for help, he decides to reach into Braxton’s innards and expose its guts to the world—so long as the school doesn’t break him first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing an autistic trans protagonist in a historical setting, Andrew Joseph White’s much-anticipated sophomore novel does not back down from exposing the violence of the patriarchy and the harm inflicted on trans youth who are forced into conformity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Stonewall Honor Book in Young Adult Literature\u003cbr\u003eA Chicago Public Library 'Best of the Best' Book\u003cbr\u003eA Locus Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003eA Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA BCCB Blue Ribbon Book!\u003cbr\u003eA Booklist Editors’ Choice\u003cbr\u003eA Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year!\u003cbr\u003eA School Library Journal Best Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrew Joseph White","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53690844840149,"sku":"9781682638149","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0792\/1893\/3973\/files\/9781682638149.jpg?v=1776623053","url":"https:\/\/thecrookedshelfbooksbrews.com\/products\/the-spirit-bares-its-teeth","provider":"The Crooked Shelf, Books \u0026 Brews","version":"1.0","type":"link"}