A young adult, fictional reimagining of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and the brutal murders that inspired it. Gripping and fast-paced, this meticulously researched historical fiction will reinvigorate a new generation to Capote.
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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