{"product_id":"cartwheeling-in-thunderstorms-9781442490628","title":"Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms","description":"\u003cb\u003eEven a life on the untamed plains of Africa can't prepare Wilhelmina for the wilds of an English boarding school in this \"gripping, magical, and heartwarming tale of resilience, friendship, and hope\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilhelmina Silver's world is golden. Living half-wild on an African farm with her horse, her monkey, and her best friend, every day is beautiful. But when her home is sold and Will is sent away to boarding school in England, the world becomes impossibly difficult. Lions and hyenas are nothing compared to packs of vicious schoolgirls. Where can a girl run to in London? And will she have the courage to survive? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eRooftoppers\u003c\/i\u003e, which \u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003ecalled \"a glorious adventure,\" comes an utterly beautiful story that's \"a treasure of a book\" (\u003ci\u003eVOYA\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKatherine Rundell is the author of \u003ci\u003eRooftoppers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCartwheeling in Thunderstorms\u003c\/i\u003e (a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner), \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf Wilder\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Explorer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGood Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Zebra's Great Escape\u003c\/i\u003e. She grew up in Zimbabwe, Brussels, and London, and is currently a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. She begins each day with a cartwheel and believes that reading is almost exactly the same as cartwheeling: it turns the world upside down and leaves you breathless. In her spare time, she enjoys walking on tightropes and trespassing on the rooftops of Oxford colleges.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50629049483538,"sku":"9781442490628","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_79890304-01d9-4249-9c61-e2583ce7385a.jpg?v=1732718638","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cartwheeling-in-thunderstorms-9781442490628","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}