{"product_id":"while-we-were-silent","title":"While We Were Silent","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER ONLY. PLEASE PLACE PREORDERS AS SEPARATE ORDERS FROM ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE FULFILLED IMMEDIATELY. ITEMS ORDERED WITH PREORDER BOOKS WILL BE HELD UNTIL THE PREORDER IS AVAILABLE FOR FULFILLMENT. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAVAILABLE JUNE 02, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: Alex Myers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDevastating secrets shroud the campus of Green Dell Academy, secrets that some think are worth killing for . . . From Lambda Literary Award finalist Alex Myers comes a provocative dark academia novel.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere are rules and then there’s reality . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAutumn, 2015.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGreen Dell Academy is a prestigious co-ed prep school tucked away in a quiet corner of Connecticut. And although it has its first female head of school, it’s still very much a boys’ club—a club with longstanding “traditions” that involve gross misconduct—and now murder.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA woman has been killed, right on campus, a woman who has been deeply involved in fighting sexual violence, a woman who had no shortage of enemies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe murder case, coupled with an investigation into allegations of sexual assault, threatens to bring dark, deep-rooted secrets to the surface, the kind of secrets that go back decades—and some people seem to value the old ways more than human life . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor fans of Rebecca Makkai’s \u003ci\u003eI Have Some Questions For You\u003c\/i\u003e and Ashley Winstead’s \u003ci\u003eIn My Dreams I Hold a Knife\u003c\/i\u003e. Written by the current teacher at an American school academy, Alex Myers brings to life a thought-provoking and deeply relevant story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Severn House","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47848353366167,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/0349\/4039\/files\/9781448320035_677ce.jpg?v=1779911732","url":"https:\/\/littledistrictbooks.com\/products\/while-we-were-silent","provider":"Little District Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}