Catherine Hernandez's Cross-Hairs is at once a cautionary tale and nuanced dystopian novel about the dangers of otherising people. Set in the not too distant future, mass flooding leads to homelessness and devastation that in turn emboldens a government regime known as The Boots to seize people of colour, the disabled, and members of the LGBTQ+ community and force them into labour camps. But soon a resistance led by a former drag queen named Kay, transmasculine refugee Bahadur, and social worker Firuzeh emerges in this dark, but ultimately hopeful novel.
Out 8 Dec.