{"product_id":"a-day-at-the-beach-9780063380929","title":"A Day at the Beach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLook Both Ways\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eSeedfolks\u003c\/em\u003e in this masterful novel from two titans of kid lit that follows a diverse cast of young people whose lives intersect in surprising and hilarious ways over the course of a summer day.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere's what's so cool about the beach. Kids are everywhere! Kids you know, kids you want to know. Wandering from one blanket to another, from one family to another. Somebody's mom reads a fat summer novel. Somebody's dad snores with an iPad on his chest. Babies cry. Girls laugh. Frisbee players whoop! Kites in the perfect blue sky. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome kids bodysurf. Some don't even like the water. They build sand cities for their friends and sand jails for the grown-ups, and when the tide comes in everything gets washed away. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's the other world, where all kids hear is tomorrow, next week, next year. And then there's the beach, where everything is \u003cem\u003eright now\u003c\/em\u003e!\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy can't every day be a day at the beach?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom two-time Newbery honoree Gary D. Schmidt and two-time PEN Award winner Ron Koertge comes a moving and often laugh-out-loud funny middle grade novel about family, friendship, and belonging, told by a group of kids spending a day at the beach. Thoughtful vignettes brilliantly weave together an irresistible tale of tween conflict and connections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51187431997714,"sku":"9780063380929","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_debb2281-ecff-4e0b-b2eb-37cca9bc0b46.jpg?v=1744642469","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-day-at-the-beach-9780063380929","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}