{"product_id":"goblin-market-9780823455935","title":"Goblin Market","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne sister must save the other from a goblin prince in this rich, spooky, and delightfully dark fantasy!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"TERRIFICALLY TIMELESS. . . SPLENDID.\" --\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLizzie and Minka are sisters, but they're nothing alike: Minka is outgoing and cheerful, while Lizzie is shy and sensitive. Nothing much ever happens in their sleepy village--there are fields to tend, clothes to mend, and weekly trips to the market, predictable as the turning of the seasons. Lizzie likes it that way. It's safe. It's comfortable. She hopes nothing will ever change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut one day, Minka meets a boy. \u003cbr\u003eA boy who gives her a plum to eat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is charming. He is handsome. He tells her that she's special. He tells her no one understands her like he does--not her parents, not her friends, not even Lizzie. He tells her she should come away with him, into the darkness, into the forest. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMinka has been bewitched and ensnared by a zdusze--a goblin. His plum was poison, his words are poison, and strange things begin to happen. Trees bleed, winds howl, a terrible sickness descends on Minka, and deep in the woods, in a place beyond sunshine, beyond reality, a wedding table has been laid. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo save her sister, Lizzie will have to find courage she never knew she had--courage to confront the impossible--and enter into a world of dreams, danger, and death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRich world-building inspired by both Polish folklore and the poetry of Christina Rossetti combines with a tender sister story in this thrilling novel from Diane Zahler. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lush. . . Dreamy. . . Breath-quickening.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Resonates with emotion.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBCCB\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Believably wrought.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Will entice readers looking for some chills.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiane Zahler is the author of many books for young readers, both fiction and nonfiction, including THE THIRTEENTH PRINCESS, PRINCESS OF THE WILD SWANS, and DAUGHTER OF THE WHITE ROSE. Her books have been Junior Library Guild Selections, Golden Sower Award Nominees, and Bank Street Best Books of the Year. A full-time writer, she lives in New York with her husband.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Holiday House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644750205202,"sku":"9780823455935","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_61e6af5e-de17-4cd6-ae8f-2ce8935aa13e.jpg?v=1733124330","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/goblin-market-9780823455935","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}