The Boy I Am

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They say were dangerous. But were 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. 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. 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 ONeill and THE BELLES.

Author Bio

By day K. L. is a global business person, girl boss and general nerd wrangler; by night she writes novels, short stories and flash fiction. She has been long-listed for the Bath Flash Fiction Award 2017 and shortlisted by SCBWI as a 2018 Undiscovered Voice for THE BOY I AM. Made in Birmingham, K. L. now lives near London.