{"product_id":"9781250090690","title":"Devoted: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful, feminist coming-of-age story f\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003erom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Truth About Alice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnly she can save herself. . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachel Walker’s family and community have turned away from the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery part of Rachel’s life is controlled, from what she reads to where she goes and what she wears. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer parents dictate how her life must be: marriage, modesty, children, and obedience to her future husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when a former member of her community, a girl who escaped, moves back to her small Texas town, Rachel’s world turns upside down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe realizes that her life is her own—if only she can find the courage to fight for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDevoted: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e by Jennifer Mathieu is an empowering young adult contemporary novel about self-discovery, by the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Truth About Alice, Moxie,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAfterward\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso by Jennifer Mathieu:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Truth About Alice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e: A powerful look at slut-shaming, told through the perspectives of four small-town teens, about how everyone has a motive to bring—and keep—a teen girl down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfterward\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e: A tragic kidnapping leads to an unlikely friendship in this novel about finding light in the midst of darkness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoxie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e: An unlikely teenager starts a feminist revolution at a small-town Texas high school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eDevoted\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Amelia Bloomer List Top Ten Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jennifer Mathieu put her name on the YA map with last year’s heart-wrenching high school bullying novel \u003ci\u003eThe Truth About Alice. \u003c\/i\u003e. . . her sophomore novel is tackling subjects just as difficult: religion and cult, particularly as they relate to young women. Rachel grew up in the Quiverfull movement—one similar to the Duggars’ practices on TLC’s \u003ci\u003e19 Kids and Counting\u003c\/i\u003e—but as she finds herself connecting illicitly to the outside world, she starts to wonder if there’s more for her as a woman outside of bearing children.\" —\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This thoughtful, character-driven study of one girl’s struggle . . . is an exceptionally nuanced treatment.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cb\u003e starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An engaging, illuminating, but never sensationalized portrayal of one plucky teen’s self-discovery.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Makes for riveting reading.” —\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025763385584,"sku":"9781250090690","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250090690_p0.jpg?v=1763702328","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250090690","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}