They say we're dangerous. But we're not that different. Jude is running out of time. Once a year, lucky young men in the House of Boys are auctioned to the female elite.

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But if Jude fails to be selected before he turns seventeen, a future deep underground in the mines awaits. Yet ever since the death of his best friend at the hands of the all-powerful Chancellor, Jude has been desperate to escape the path set out for him.

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Finding himself entangled in a plot to assassinate the Chancellor, he finally has a chance to avenge his friend and win his freedom.

But at what price? A gender-flipped, speculative YA thriller, for fans of Malorie Blackman, Louise O'Neill and THE BELLES.

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The Boy I Am was published by Little Tiger on 7 January 2021, and was nominated for the 2022 Carnegie Awards and was the runner up in the Sheffield Children's Book Award.

Published as ‘Jestem Jude. Zniewolony’ in Poland by Books4YA.

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For information about The Boy I Am promotional materials etc please contact Dannie Price (Little Tiger)