{"product_id":"shades-within-us","title":"Shades Within Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecommended by \u003cem\u003eBooklist, Library Journal, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal, Locus, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJourney with twenty-one speculative fiction authors through the fractured borders of human migration to examine the dreams, struggles, and triumphs of those who choose or are forced to leave home and familiar places. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHO ARE THE SHADES WITHIN US?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn American father shields his son from Irish discrimination. A Chinese foreign student wrestles to safeguard her family at the expense of her soul. A college graduate is displaced by technology. A Nigerian high school student chooses between revenge and redemption. A bureaucrat parses the mystery of Taiwanese time travellers. A defeated alien struggles to assimilate into human culture. A Czechoslovakian actress confronts the German WWII invasion. A child crosses an invisible border wall. And many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories that transcend borders, generations, and cultures. Each is a glimpse into our human need in face of change: to hold fast to home, to tradition, to family; and yet to reach out, to strive for a better life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing Original Stories by\u003c\/strong\u003e Vanessa Cardui, Elsie Chapman, Kate Heartfield, S.L. Huang, Tyler Keevil, Matthew Kressel, Rich Larson, Tonya Liburd, Karin Lowachee, Seanan McGuire, Brent Nichols, Julie Nováková, Heather Osborne, Sarah Raughley, Alex Shvartsman, Amanda Sun, Jeremy Szal, Hayden Trenholm, Liz Westbrook-Trenholm, Christie Yant \u0026amp; Alvaro Zinos-Amaro.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction by\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eEric Choi and Gillian Clinton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by\u003c\/strong\u003e Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe anthologies in this series (\u003cem\u003eStrangers Among Us, The Sum of Us, Where the Stars Rise, Shades Within Us\u003c\/em\u003e) have been recommended by \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly, Booklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (American Library Association), \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews, Library Journal, School Library Journal, Locus, Foreword Reviews, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eShades Within Us\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Addresses issues surrounding migration and borders at a very poignant moment in history . . . despite being speculative, many of these stories read like they were ripped from present-day headlines . . . this collection do a great job of asking readers not only to reflect on their own lives but also to consider the lives of others.\" --\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An engaging collection of poignant travel through time and space. Highly recommended for its breadth of stories that look at having to leave home-or discover it.\" --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An intriguing addition to short story collections.\" --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With each story, the authors expand their settings and reality into a universe of broader potential to make sense of the tensions that plague the twenty-first century. Even as they represent foreign existences, the problems remain the same--family, love, belonging, identity, survival . . . take a fresh approach to their subjects and conjure terrifying futures brought on by climate change, greed, and corruption of power. Political and daring, this collection adds to the future imagined by Philip K. 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It invites us to use our speculative imagination to think through new ways of understanding selfhood in relation to the borders, boxes, and categories that are placed around us.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eSpeculating Canada\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laksa Media Groups Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50366980456805,"sku":"9781988140056","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/0538\/5573\/files\/imageloader_5730ef3b-dc23-4c52-ad67-afbe980c62bf.jpg?v=1790445221","url":"https:\/\/paralleluniversebooks.com\/products\/shades-within-us","provider":"Parallel Universe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}