{"product_id":"being-fishkill-9780763684426","title":"Being Fishkill","description":"\u003cb\u003eFishkill Carmel fends for herself, with her fists if need be -- until a thwarted lunch theft introduces her to strange, sunny Duck-Duck and a chance for a new start.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in the backseat of a moving car, Carmel Fishkill was unceremoniously pushed into a world that refuses to offer her security, stability, love. At age thirteen, she begins to fight back. Carmel Fishkill becomes Fishkill Carmel, who deflects her tormenters with a strong left hook and conceals her secrets from teachers and social workers. But Fishkill's fierce defenses falter when she meets eccentric optimist Duck-Duck Farina, and soon they, along with Duck-Duck's mother, Molly, form a tentative family, even as Fishkill struggles to understand her place in it. This fragile new beginning is threatened by the reappearance of Fishkill's unstable mother -- and by unfathomable tragedy. Poet Ruth Lehrer's young adult debut is a stunning, revelatory look at what defines and sustains \"family.\" And, just as it does for Fishkill, meeting Duck-Duck Farina and her mother will leave readers forever changed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Lehrer \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet, author, and American Sign Language interpreter. She lives in the woods of western Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327919034642,"sku":"9780763684426","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c053e6c5-3afc-481c-a9e8-d1b654d4e19a.jpg?v=1727723647","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/being-fishkill-9780763684426","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}