{"product_id":"gingersnap-9780440421788","title":"Gingersnap","description":"It's 1944, W.W. II is raging. Jayna's big brother Rob is her only family. When Rob is called to duty on a destroyer, Jayna is left in their small town in upstate New York with their cranky landlady. But right before he leaves, Rob tells Jayna a secret: they may have a grandmother in Brooklyn. Rob found a little blue recipe book with her name and an address for a bakery. When Jayna learns that Rob is missing in action, she's devastated. Along with her turtle Theresa, the recipe book, and an encouraging, ghostly voice as her guide, Jayna sets out for Brooklyn in hopes of finding the family she so desperately needs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePATRICIA REILLY GIFF is the author of many beloved books for children, including the Kids of the Polk Street School books. Several of her novels for middle-grade readers have been chosen as ALA-ALSC Notable Books and ALA-YALSA Best Books for Young Adults. They include \u003ci\u003eThe Gift of the Pirate Queen; All the Way Home; Water Street; Nory Ryan's Song, \u003c\/i\u003e a Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Honor Book for Fiction; and the Newbery Honor books \u003ci\u003eLily's Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePictures of Hollis Woods.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLily's Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e was also chosen as a \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe-Horn Book \u003c\/i\u003eHonor Book. Her most recent novels are \u003ci\u003eR My Name Is Rachel, Storyteller, Eleven, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWild Girl;\u003c\/i\u003e her books for younger readers in the Zigzag Kids series include \u003ci\u003eNumber One Kid, Big Whopper, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFlying Feet. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yearling Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51414707667218,"sku":"9780440421788","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b3bbeb75-d67c-466b-a5fb-b4879336720a.jpg?v=1751126564","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gingersnap-9780440421788","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}