{"product_id":"9781427283245","title":"The Cruelty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cruelty\u003c\/i\u003e is an action-packed young adult thriller (optioned for film by Jerry Bruckheimer) about a girl who must train as an assassin to deal with the gangsters who have kidnapped her father.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGwendolyn's father kept his life a secret from her. When he goes missing, she's plunged into a world of assassins, spies, and criminal masterminds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Gwendolyn Bloom’s father vanishes, she sets off on a journey she never bargained for. Traveling under a new identity, she uncovers a disturbing truth: to bring her father back alive, she must become every bit as cruel as the men holding him captive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis suspensful debut from Scott Bergstrom features a strong female character and nonstop, cinematic action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Cruelty\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Liam Neeson’s 2008 film Taken concerned a spy who engages in mass mayhem while attempting to recover his kidnapped daughter. Bergstrom reverses this plot in his violent, well-crafted first novel. Seventeen-year-old gymnast Gwendolyn Bloom doesn’t learn that her father is a genuine spy—and not merely an overworked State Department employee—until after he is kidnapped by international gangsters, and the CIA makes little attempt to recover him . . . A grim, fast- paced tale.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[T]his debut novel is relentlessly paced, full of global sets, slick action...with a grim, ass-kicking antihero.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cruelty\u003c\/i\u003e is a nominee for the 2018 Edgar Award for best Young Adult book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis program includes a bonus interview with the author. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025879384304,"sku":"9781427283245","price":25.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781427283245_p0.jpg?v=1763747528","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781427283245","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}