{"product_id":"the-wise-and-the-wicked-9780062699022","title":"The Wise and the Wicked","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Podos, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eLike Water\u003c\/em\u003e, returns with a lush, dark, and unforgettable story of the power of the past to shape our futures--and the courage it takes to change them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuby Chernyavsky has been told the stories since she was a child: The women in her family, once possessed of great magical abilities to remake lives and stave off death itself, were forced to flee their Russian home for America in order to escape the fearful men who sought to destroy them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuch has it always been\u003c\/em\u003e, Ruby's been told, \u003cem\u003efor powerful women\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, these stories seem no more real to Ruby than folktales, except for the smallest bit of power left in their blood: when each of them comes of age, she will have a vision of who she will be when she dies--a destiny as inescapable as it is inevitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuby is no exception, and neither is her mother, although she ran from her fate years ago, abandoning Ruby and her sisters. It's a fool's errand, because they all know the truth: there is no escaping one's Time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil Ruby's great-aunt Polina passes away, and, for the first time, a Chernyavsky's death does not match her vision. Suddenly, things Ruby never thought she'd be allowed to hope for--life, love, time--seem possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as she and her cousin Cece begin to dig into the family's history to find out whether they, too, can change their fates, they learn that nothing comes without a cost. Especially not hope.\u003c\/p\u003e--ALA Booklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Balzer \u0026amp; Bray\/Harperteen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062699022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.80w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2019 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2019 - Recommended - Readable\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2019 pg. 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2019 pg. 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rebecca Podos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634448593052,"sku":"9780062699022","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3d791b5f-4942-4f19-b41c-2a48cc75fbd2.jpg?v=1603836720","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-wise-and-the-wicked-9780062699022","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}