{"product_id":"a-string-in-the-harp-9781416927716","title":"A String in the Harp","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA family in mourning...an ancient bard...a harp key that brings them together...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When fifteen-year-old Jen Morgan flies to Wales to spend Christmas with her family, she's not expecting much from the holiday. A year after her mother's sudden death, her father seems preoccupied by the teaching job that has brought him and Jen's younger siblings to Wales for the year. Her brother, Peter, is alternately hostile and sullen, and her sister, Becky, misses Jen terribly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then Peter tells Jen he's found a strange artifact, a harp key that shows him pictures from the life of Taliesin, the great bard whose life in sixth-century Wales has been immortalized in legend. At first Jen doesn't believe him, but when the key's existence -- and its strange properties -- become known to the wider world, the Morgans must act together against a threat to the key...and to their family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Bond\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a number of books for young readers, including \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage Begun, \u003c\/i\u003e a \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e-Horn Book Award Honor Book; \u003ci\u003eA Place to Come Back To, \u003c\/i\u003e an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and a Booklist Editor's Choice; and \u003ci\u003eTruth to Tell.\u003c\/i\u003e She wrote after attending library school in a Welsh town outside of Aberstwyth, the book's setting. She lives in Concord, Massachusett\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aladdin Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873287934226,"sku":"9781416927716","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_85622597-8e36-4e2a-8380-3771dfc52b45.jpg?v=1737926304","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-string-in-the-harp-9781416927716","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}