{"product_id":"the-assassins-guide-to-babysitting-9781536247916","title":"The Assassin's Guide to Babysitting","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Parker breathes new life into the assassin genre, seamlessly combining the action and world-building of \u003ci\u003eJohn Wick\u003c\/i\u003e with themes of power, found family, and what it means to step into the light and truly be yourself.\"--Rebecca Coffindaffer, author of \u003ci\u003eCrownchasers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTru has been hiding all her life. Her parents taught her to conceal her bastion Talent: indestructible skin, muscles, and bones. In a world where Talents are common and varied, \u003ci\u003eno one\u003c\/i\u003e trusts a bastion--they're too powerful. Hiding failed to keep Tru's parents alive, but moments before their murder, Tru's mom pointed her to Logan Dire, a famed recluse assassin who adopted and trained orphaned Tru. At seventeen, she's still hiding. Not even her closest friends know her true name or Talent, or that she's balancing high school with knife and stealth training (while crushing on her BFF's older sister). When assassins interrupt a mundane babysitting job booked through BountyApp--where lethal hunters find work \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e babysitters for their kids--Tru flees with a one-year-old strapped to her chest and spiraling questions: Who killed her parents? Whom can she trust? What does it mean to be a bastion? And is it ever OK to kiss a girl who's trying to hunt you down? From an award-winning author comes a masterfully plotted thriller that holds character and relationship on a par with action and nail-biting suspense.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Natalie C. Parker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781536247916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNatalie C. Parker is an acclaimed author of books for young adults, including the Seafire trilogy and the duology \u003ci\u003eBeware the Wild \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBehold the Bones. \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives outside Kansas City with her wife.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Natalie C. Parker \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47283955728541,"sku":"9781536247916","price":25.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_f0fa2b9f-511a-4453-bb2f-1a3b7840ba07.jpg?v=1759976804","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-assassins-guide-to-babysitting-9781536247916","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}