Red Hood

Elana K. Arnold is the award-winning author of many books for children and teens, including the Sydney Taylor and National Jewish Book Award winner The Blood Years, the Printz Honor winner Damsel, the National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made Of, and the Global Read Aloud selection A Boy Called Bat. She lives in Long Beach, California, with her husband, two children, and a menagerie of animals. You can find her online at elanakarnold.com.

"In the wake of her Printz Honor–winning Damsel, Arnold blazes a new and equally powerful trail through toxic masculinity. Read, shed your pelt, and be transformed—for blades are being sharpened." — Booklist (starred review)“It’s unsettling how seamlessly Arnold incorporates dark fantasy elements of beastly wolves and cunning hunters into her all-too-realistic tale. A fantastic novel in the #MeToo era, empowering women to share their stories by reaching out, speaking up, and demanding a change.” — School Library Journal (starred review)"This will satisfy readers looking for a vengeful overthrow of the patriarchy that recasts the victims as the victors." — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books“At once a sharp critique of male entitlement and a celebration of sisterhood and feminine power, this story will linger with readers long after the final page.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)"An ultimately empowering, and thoroughly immersive, feminist fairy tale." — Horn Book (starred review)"Deeply and darkly enticing, Red Hood isn't a modern retelling so much as it is the story we should have had all along." — Shelf AwarenessPraise for Damsel: “This incisively written allegory rips into a familiar story and sets it aflame.” — School Library Journal (starred review)Praise for Damsel: “Arnold’s pitch-black fairy tale isn’t subtle, but this isn’t a tale that requires subtlety. For teens learning to transform sadness and fear into active, productive fury, it’s an essential allegory. Eat your heart out, Sleeping Beauty: this brutal, devastating, powerful novel won’t soon be forgotten.” — ALA Booklist (starred review)Praise for Damsel: “Exquisitely written and unflinchingly, furiously feminist, Damsel is a gorgeous inferno of a fairy tale and my new obsession. Searing and audacious, with an ending that will leave you howling at the moon. A must for every collection.” — Claire Legrand, author of Furyborn“Arnold uses an intriguing blend of magic realism, lyrical prose, and imagery that evokes intimate physical and emotional aspects of young womanhood. A timely and unabashedly feminist twist on a classic fairy tale.” — Kirkus Reviews