{"product_id":"continental-drifter-9781250813732","title":"Continental Drifter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fantastic story about the awkward feelings of being from neither here nor there.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Dan Santat, National Book Award winner and author of \u003ci\u003eA First Time for Everything\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a Thai mother and an American father, Kathy lives in two different worlds. She spends most of the year in Bangkok, where she's secretly counting the days till summer vacation. That's when her family travels for twenty-four hours straight to finally arrive in a tiny seaside town in Maine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKathy loves Maine's idyllic beauty and all the exotic delicacies she can't get back home, like clam chowder and blueberry pie. But no matter how hard she tries, she struggles to fit in. She doesn't look like the other kids in this\u003cbr\u003erural New England town. Kathy just wants to find a place where she truly belongs, but she's not sure if it's in America, Thailand . . . or anywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathy MacLeod \u003c\/b\u003e is an illustrator and cartoonist whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCatapult\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hairpin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eand L\u003ci\u003eucky Peach\u003c\/i\u003e. After spending most of her life in Bangkok, Thailand (with a four-year interlude at Wesleyan University), she is currently living in Berlin, Germany. \u003ci\u003eContinental Drifter\u003c\/i\u003e is her first graphic novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"First Second","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50581891875090,"sku":"9781250813732","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fd5d3415-cb84-4f30-a6f5-31cf41224119.jpg?v=1732018018","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/continental-drifter-9781250813732","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}