{"product_id":"the-reformatory-tananarive-due-9798885795685","title":"The Reformatory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he's sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice, for the living, and the dead.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGracetown, Florida\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJune 1950\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So begins Robbie's journey further into the terrors of the Jim Crow South and the very real horror of the school they call The Reformatory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobbie has a talent for seeing ghosts, or haints. But what was once a comfort to him after the loss of his mother has become a window to the truth of what happens at the reformatory. Boys forced to work to remediate their so-called crimes have gone missing, but the haints Robbie sees hint at worse things. Through his friends Redbone and Blue, Robbie is learning not just the rules but how to survive. Meanwhile, Gloria is rallying every family member and connection in Florida to find a way to get Robbie out before it's too late.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Reformatory is a haunting work of historical fiction written as only American Book Award-winning author Tananarive Due could, by piecing together the life of the relative her family never spoke of and bringing his tragedy and those of so many others at the infamous Dozier School for Boys to the light in this riveting novel.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tananarive Due\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8885795684\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798885795685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thorndike Press Large Print\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Library Binding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.51w x 1.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Tananarive Due","offers":[{"title":"Library Binding","offer_id":44790010478847,"sku":"9798885795685","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81180fe2-ec90-4bf6-926d-51cf43cdf934.jpg?v=1707287710","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-reformatory-tananarive-due-9798885795685","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}