{"product_id":"birdies-bargain-9781536215595","title":"Birdie's Bargain","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn a poignant and unflinching new realistic novel from the Newbery Medal\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003ewinning author of \u003ci\u003eBridge to Terabithia\u003c\/i\u003e, a ten-year-old girl makes a deal with God for her father's safe return from the Iraq War.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBirdie has questions for God. For starters, why couldn't God roll history back to September 10, 2001, and fix things--so the next day was an ordinary sunny day and not the devastating lead-in to two wars? Daddy has already been to Iraq twice. Now he's going again, and Birdie is sure he'll die. At the very least, she won't see him again for a year, and everything will \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e be OK. (Why do grown-ups lie?) To save money, she, Mom, and baby Billy have moved to Gran's, where shy Birdie must attend a new school, and no one but bossy Alicia Marie Suggs welcomes her. Doesn't God remember how hard it was for Birdie to make friends at Bible Camp? Counselor Ron taught about Judgment there--and the right way to believe. Has Birdie been praying wrong? Why else would God break their bargain? Readers of all faiths and backgrounds, especially children of military families, will identify with and root for the unforgettable Birdie, given inimitable voice by a master storyteller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine Paterson\u003c\/b\u003e, a two-time winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award, has written more than thirty books, including \u003ci\u003eBridge to Terabithia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Brigadista Year. \u003c\/i\u003eA recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, she lives in Montpelier, Vermont.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50482761335058,"sku":"9781536215595","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4ebb6cbc-df3c-48da-8ce5-66c475a2f367.jpg?v=1730350499","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/birdies-bargain-9781536215595","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}