{"product_id":"bergstrom-scott-the-cruelty-9781250144195","title":"The Cruelty","description":"The Cruelty 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. Gwendolyn'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. When 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. This suspensful debut from Scott Bergstrom features a strong female character and nonstop, cinematic action. Praise for The Cruelty: \"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.\" -Publishers Weekly \"[T]his debut novel is relentlessly paced, full of global sets, slick action...with a grim, ass-kicking antihero.\" -Booklist The Cruelty is a nominee for the 2018 Edgar Award for best Young Adult book.","brand":"SQUARE FISH","offers":[{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53568660308310,"sku":"9781250144195-G","price":1.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781250144195_1_413894f5-6d2b-499b-8a5f-caa7df0591aa.jpg?v=1779876240","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/bergstrom-scott-the-cruelty-9781250144195","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}