{"product_id":"allie-and-bea-9781477819715","title":"Allie and Bea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Amazon Charts bestseller.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHumor and heart move the fast-paced journey of an unlikely pair coming together to form a family of their own in this touching story from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBea has barely been scraping by since her husband died. After falling for a telephone scam, she loses everything and is forced to abandon her trailer. With only two-thirds of a tank in her old van, she heads toward the Pacific Ocean with her cat--on a mission to reclaim what's rightfully hers, even if it means making others pay for what she lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen fifteen-year-old Allie's parents are jailed for tax fraud, she's sent to a group home. But when her life is threatened by another resident, she knows she has to get out. She escapes only to find she has nowhere to go--until fate throws Allie in Bea's path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReluctant to trust each other, much less become friends, the two warily make their way up the Pacific Coast. Yet as their hearts open to friendship and love from the strangers they meet on their journey, they find the courage to forge their own unique family--and begin to see an imperfect world with new eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHyde, Catherine Ryan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eCatherine Ryan Hyde is the author of thirty-three published books. Her bestselling 1999 novel, \u003ci\u003ePay It Forward\u003c\/i\u003e, adapted into a major Warner Bros. motion picture, made the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults list and was translated into more than two dozen languages for distribution in more than thirty countries. Her novels \u003ci\u003eBecoming Chloe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJumpstart the World\u003c\/i\u003e were included on the ALA's Rainbow List; \u003ci\u003eJumpstart the World\u003c\/i\u003e was also a finalist for two Lambda Literary Awards and won Rainbow Awards in two categories. \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Hoofbeats\u003c\/i\u003e won a Rainbow Award. More than fifty of her short stories have been published in many journals, including the \u003ci\u003eAntioch Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMichigan Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eSun\u003c\/i\u003e, and in the anthologies \u003ci\u003eSanta Barbara Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Shorts\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the bestselling anthology \u003ci\u003eDog Is My Co-Pilot\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short fiction received honorable mention in the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, a second-place win for the Tobias Wolff Award, and nominations for \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, the O. Henry Award, and the Pushcart Prize. Three have also been cited in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHyde is the founder and former president of the Pay It Forward Foundation. As a professional public speaker, she has addressed the National Conference on Education, twice spoken at Cornell University, met with AmeriCorps members at the White House, and shared a dais with Bill Clinton. An avid equestrian, photographer, and traveler, she lives in California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lake Union Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50515351765266,"sku":"9781477819715","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6ab1742d-335e-438c-af6e-63473db00992.jpg?v=1731003413","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/allie-and-bea-9781477819715","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}