{"product_id":"in-darkness-9781619631229","title":"In Darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003eA stunning tour-de-force set in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake. \"Shorty\" is a Haitian boy trapped in the ruins of a hospital when the earth explodes around him. Surrounded by lifeless bodies and growing desperately weak from lack of food and water, death seems imminent. Yet as Shorty waits in darkness for a rescue that may never come, he becomes aware of another presence, one reaching out to him across two hundred years of history. It is the presence of slave and revolutionary leader Toussaint L'Ouverture, whose life was marred by violence, and whose own end came in darkness. What unites a child of the slums with the man who would shake a troubled country out of slavery? Is it the darkness they share . . . or is it hope? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 2013 Michael L. Printz Award, \u003ci\u003eIn Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e is a story not to be missed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Lake \u003c\/b\u003eis the much-acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eIn Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Michael L. Printz Award, and \u003ci\u003eHostage Three\u003c\/i\u003e, which received three starred reviews and was named a \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year. Nick became fascinated by Haitian culture while pursuing his master's degree in linguistics. He is also the Publishing Director for fiction at HarperCollins Children's Books UK, and lives near Oxford, England. Visit him online at www.in-darkness.org and on Twitter at @nicklakeauthor.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50421825306898,"sku":"9781619631229","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_caf427f4-7662-4315-acaf-b3613f5a5b5a.jpg?v=1729514472","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-darkness-9781619631229","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}