{"product_id":"a-piece-of-the-world-9780803298231","title":"A Piece of the World","description":"When Calder Bailey's parents divorce and her mother needs some time to put her house in order, Calder is dismayed to learn that she's expected to leave her California neighborhood to stay with her grandmother in Weldon, a village in Vermont. When Calder discovers a mysterious rock, an enormous green and strangely shaped serpentine boulder in the deep woods above town, she is drawn into friendships with Walt, a boy whose family owns the rock and the property it sits on, and with Mr. Cooley, an elderly traveler and retired professor of geology staying at the local inn. These friendships are tested, as is Calder's delicate sense of belonging, when it becomes apparent that Walt's ailing father, Calder's grandmother, a rich out-of-towner, and the Weldon Development Society all have plans for the boulder. A sensitive story about the small and large accommodations of getting along in life, growing up, and finding a place to call one's own, \u003ci\u003eA Piece of the World\u003c\/i\u003e possesses the quiet intensity and lasting charm of Mildred Walker's best work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMildred Walker was immediately recognized for her first novel, \u003ci\u003eFireweed\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1934. Walker went on to write numerous novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Curlew's Cry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Body of a Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWinter Wheat\u003c\/i\u003e, all available in Bison Books editions.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50845330964754,"sku":"9780803298231","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_33f5611e-1995-4e91-a132-8967234df585.jpg?v=1737348382","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-piece-of-the-world-9780803298231","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}