{"product_id":"the-illegalbooks","title":"The Illegal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the beloved author of the national bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Negroes\u003c\/em\u003e comes “a book for our times” (\u003cem\u003eMaclean’s\u003c\/em\u003e) about family, identity and the strength of the human spirit \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeita Ali is on the run. Like every boy on the mountainous island of Zantoroland, running is all Keita’s ever wanted to do. In one of the poorest nations in the world, running means respect. Running means riches—until Keita is targeted for his father’s outspoken political views and discovers he must run for his family’s survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe signs on with notorious marathon agent Anton Hamm, but when Keita fails to place among the top finishers in his first race, he escapes into Freedom State—a wealthy island nation that has elected a government bent on deporting the refugees living within its borders in the community of AfricTown. Keita can stay safe only if he keeps moving and eludes Hamm and the officials who would deport him to his own country, where he would face almost certain death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the new underground: a place where tens of thousands of people deemed to be “illegal” live below the radar of the police and government officials. Keita’s very existence in Freedom State is illegal. As he trains in secret, eluding capture, the stakes keep getting higher. Soon, he is running not only for his life, but for his sister’s life, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFast moving and compelling, \u003cem\u003eThe Illegal\u003c\/em\u003e casts a satirical eye on people who have turned their backs on undocumented refugees struggling to survive in a nation that does not want them. Hill’s depiction of life on the borderlands of society urges us to consider the plight of the unseen and the forgotten who live among us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hill, Lawrence","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":44039219544288,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":46965898576096,"sku":"","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1b8caa9f-9dd7-4c17-8963-527ee90cd155.jpg?v=1685811121","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-illegalbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}