Amy Brashear was born in Arkansas but spent her elementary school years in Garden City, Kansas, just six miles from Holcomb. Amy heard about the Clutter family murders from a childhood friend, though it wasn't until she read In Cold Blood that she finally understood their significance. No Saints in Kansas is her debut novel. She is also the author of the forthcoming YA book The Incredible Story of the Making of the Eve of Destruction.
An ABA Indie Next Selection Praise for No Saints in Kansas "[A]
must read . . . carefully researched."
--The New York Post "Brashear's stunning YA novel is as
spectacularly written as it is researched. This is definitely one
of the most unique YA novels you'll read this year."
--PASTE Magazine "Gripping and fast-paced, this meticulously
researched historical fiction will reinvigorate a new generation to
Capote and tell another side of the Clutter murders."
--The Emporia Gazette "No Saints in Kansas does more than merely
rework In Cold Blood for a younger audience. Brashear herself lived
for several years a few miles from Holcomb and has been fascinated
by the case and the unanswered questions about it that persist to
this day, more than 50 years later. Her understanding of the place
runs deep . . . Brashear offers an evenhanded account of the facts,
as far as they are known, and a well-rounded portrait of American
attitudes in 1959."
--Buffalo News "A fresh point of view."
--The Tuscaloosa News "The reader becomes immersed in her sense of
place laid out with authenticity and care, and quickly gets a feel
for the community."
--Mystery Scene Magazine "Highly recommended . . . a meticulous
dissection of small town life in the aftermath of an unexpected and
unspeakable tragedy."
--New York Journal of Books "Will appeal to readers struggling with
social issues, including bullying, ostracism, and mortality. A good
introduction to Capote's famous novel and true crime."
--School Library Journal "Readers who have never heard of the
Clutter murders will get the full story and then some."
--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Brashear captures
the horror that swept through the Midwest following the
murder."
--Shirley Mullin, Kids Ink Bookstore "A gruesome murder, the clues,
the investigation, the culprits, the trial--all of these are part
of this riveting, fast-paced novel. But intertwined with those are,
for newly arrived Carly Fleming, even harder questions. She is
indefatigable in her search for the truth, but the truth she
searches for is also about her place in this new town, where she is
defined as an outsider, and within her own family, which is
splitting apart. The unity and urgency of those two searches is
searing."
--Gary D. Schmidt, author of Newbery and Printz honor book Lizzie
Bright and the Buckminster Boy "A very cool mix of history and
fiction, of brutal true crime, and slightly less horrific high
school life."
--Steve Sheinkin, Award-winning and bestselling author of Bomb, The
Port Chicago 50, and Most Dangerous
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