{"product_id":"chasing-the-shy-town-9781915071514","title":"Chasing the Shy Town","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Public Library, Best Children's Books of 2024 List\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSenan uses his binoculars to spy out the Shy Town, a sweet little place on a hill, with winding streets and red and yellow roofs. Senan calls it the Shy Town because it often hides and is hard to find. \u003cp\u003eHe tells his next-door friend Joshua about the Shy Town, and they set off, with Senan's grandmother in a ramshackle wheelchair, to find this elusive place. Along the way they make friends with Paperboy. Who is, as you'd expect, a boy made of paper. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the help of a kruckle (a sort of Shy Town creature) that they meet on their journey, they find the Shy Town, only its real name is Perfection, because it is absolutely perfect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut all is not well in Perfection: the inhabitants are constantly worrying about making it more and more perfect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But since more perfect than perfect is an impossibility, they are constantly exhausted. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat can Senan and friends do to save the kruckles from their obsession with perfection?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErika McGann\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning children's author based in Dublin. She has written a wide range of children's books, including \u003ci\u003eWhere Are You, Puffling? \u003c\/i\u003e(with illustrator Gerry Daly) and Tabitha Plimtock and the \u003ci\u003eEdge of the World\u003c\/i\u003e (with illustrations by Phillip Cullen), which was awarded a White Raven by the International Youth Library.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little Island Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50895719825682,"sku":"9781915071514","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_70174fdb-4ac1-4719-946c-ad8aa999e472.jpg?v=1738276215","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chasing-the-shy-town-9781915071514","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}