{"product_id":"little-mice-paperback","title":"Little Mice - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTara Crowe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFOR FANS OF \u003ci\u003eTHE HUNGER GAMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE GIVER, \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eUGLIES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I could not put it down...\u003ci\u003eLittle Mice\u003c\/i\u003e creates a universe every bit as rich and haunting as Margaret Atwood's \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e or Ray Bradbury's \u003ci\u003eFahrenheit 451\u003c\/i\u003e, while also reminiscent of Lois Lowry's \u003ci\u003eThe Giver\u003c\/i\u003e or George Orwell's \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\"If you are a fan of dystopian sci-fi and liked \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, Ishiguro's \u003ci\u003eNever Let Me Go\u003c\/i\u003e, or \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e, this is for you.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEach citizen must contribute to society. If a citizen fails to find a suitable objective, one will be assigned.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIn the Canopy Complex, no one grows old. Age is for the little mice, the donors far below who bleed so the privileged can thrive. Seventeen-year-old Astra Fairwood has never questioned the system. Why would she? As the daughter of the Chief Enforcer, her future is secure - a life of parties and privilege. Until everything is taken from her.Cast out of the Canopy and condemned to the Donor Zone, Astra is forced into the very world she was raised to fear. She meets a girl who challenges everything she thought she wanted and soon learns the Canopy taught her to fear the wrong thing. The real threat was never the Zone.With tensions rising and the people she loves most in danger, Astra must choose between the life she was promised and the truth she can no longer ignore. Does a world built on the blood of others deserve to survive?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTara Crowe spent her childhood with her nose buried in books. After university, she spent a decade in publishing sales at \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist \u003c\/i\u003ebefore moving into early years education, where she taught phonics using storytelling, puppets, and a fair amount of enthusiastic (if questionable) singing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore recently, Tara worked at Ingenious, a company making collagen supplements. She was fascinated by the increasingly clever ways science can trick our bodies into looking and feeling younger, and the inspiration for her novel \u003ci\u003eLittle Mice\u003c\/i\u003e came from a news segment about young blood plasma being used to rejuvenate older people -- a concept she found both intriguing and unsettling. The idea lingered: What happens when youth itself becomes a commodity?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe lives in South London, England with her husband, teenage children, an adventurous cat, and a spectacularly lazy dog.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eLittle Mice\u003c\/em\u003e is Tara Crowe's debut novel. A reading guide, news and events listings, and information on the next title in the trilogy can be found at\u003cbr\u003e www.littlemicetrilogy.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 302\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67867784413491,"sku":"9781971225050","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/T3v4O9Q9AO9781971225050.webp?v=1793599267","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/little-mice-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}