{"product_id":"rust-in-the-root-justina-ireland-9780063038226","title":"Rust in the Root","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author of the visionary \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eDread Nation\u003c\/em\u003e returns with another spellbinding historical fantasy set at the crossroads of race and power in America.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 1937, and Laura Ann Langston lives in an America divided--between those who work the mystical arts and those who do not. Ever since the Great Rust, a catastrophic event that blighted the arcane force called the Dynamism and threw America into disarray, the country has been rebuilding for a better future. And everyone knows the future is industry and technology--otherwise known as Mechomancy--not the traditional mystical arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura disagrees. A talented young queer mage from Pennsylvania, Laura hopped a portal to New York City on her seventeenth birthday with hopes of earning her mage's license and becoming something more than a rootworker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut four months later, she's got little to show for it other than an empty pocket and broken dreams. With nowhere else to turn, Laura applies for a job with the Bureau of the Arcane's Conservation Corps, a branch of the US government dedicated to repairing the Dynamism so that Mechomancy can thrive. There she meets the Skylark, a powerful mage with a mysterious past, who reluctantly takes Laura on as an apprentice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs they're sent off on their first mission together into the heart of the country's oldest and most mysterious Blight, they discover the work of mages not encountered since the darkest period in America's past, when Black mages were killed for their power--work that could threaten Laura's and the Skylark's lives, and everything they've worked for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Justina Ireland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0063038226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063038226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Balzer \u0026amp; Bray\/Harperteen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2022 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2022 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2022 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2022 - Superior,Well Above Average","brand":"Justina Ireland","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44133745426687,"sku":"9780063038226","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_631482bd-cf4e-4dc6-ae09-7c57ecb0e0d4.jpg?v=1687487980","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rust-in-the-root-justina-ireland-9780063038226","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}