{"product_id":"all-the-answers-9781681190204","title":"All the Answers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A charming, moving, funny, and ultimately very surprising story.\" --Wendy Mass, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e11 Birthdays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat if your pencil had all the answers? Would you ace every test? Would you know what your teachers were thinking? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Ava Anderson finds a scratched up pencil, she doodles like she would with any other pencil. But when she writes a question in the margin of her math quiz, she hears a clear answer in a voice no one else seems to hear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the help of her friend Sophie, Ava figures out that the pencil will answer factual questions only--those with definite right or wrong answers--but won't predict the future. Ava and Sophie discover all kinds of uses for the pencil, and Ava's confidence grows with each answer. But it's getting shorter with every sharpening, and when the pencil reveals a scary truth about Ava's family, she realizes that sometimes the bravest people are the ones who live without all the answers . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Messner\u003c\/b\u003e is passionately curious and writes books that encourage kids to wonder, too. Her titles include award-winning picture books like \u003ci\u003eOver and Under the Snow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUp in the Garden and Down in the Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHow to Read a Story\u003c\/i\u003e; novels like \u003ci\u003eCapture the Flag, The Seventh Wish, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBreakout; \u003c\/i\u003etheFergus and Zeke easy reader series, and the Ranger in Time historical chapter book series. Kate lives on Lake Champlain with her family and is trying to summit all forty-six Adirondack High Peaks in between book deadlines.\u003cbr\u003ewww.katemessner.com\u003cbr\u003e@KateMessner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50707593986322,"sku":"9781681190204","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e5f70819-b554-42c7-a09a-dce6f6e6408f.jpg?v=1734499540","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/all-the-answers-9781681190204","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}