{"product_id":"in-the-key-of-dale-9781551529035","title":"In the Key of Dale","description":"Part comedy, part grief narrative, \u003ci\u003eIn the Key of Dale\u003c\/i\u003e is a disarming coming-of-age novel about a queer teen music prodigy who discovers pieces of himself in places he never thought to look.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSixteen-year-old Dale Cardigan is a loner who's managed to make himself completely invisible at his all-boys high school. He doesn't fit with his classmates (whom he gives nicknames in his head), his stepbrother (whom nobody at school knows he's related to), or even his mother (who never quite sees how gifted a musician Dale might be)--but they don't fit with him, either. And he's fine with that. To him, high school and home are stages to endure until his real life can finally begin. Somewhat against his will, he befriends his classmate Rusty, who gets a rare look at Dale's complex life outside school, but their friendship is made awkward when Dale is uncertain whether his growing attraction to Rusty is one-sided. Still, it's to Rusty that Dale turns when he stumbles upon a family secret that shakes everything he thought he knew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn epistolary novel written in the form of letters to his late father, \u003ci\u003eIn the Key of Dale\u003c\/i\u003e is a beguiling, pitch-perfect book about growing up, fitting in, and finding a way out of grief and loneliness toward the melodic light of adulthood.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAges 14 and up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBenjamin Lefebvre is the editor of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe L.M. Montgomery Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, a three-volume critical anthology that won the 2016 PROSE Award for Literature from the Association of American Publishers, and an edition of Montgomery's rediscovered final book, \u003ci\u003eThe Blythes Are Quoted\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eIn the Key of Dale\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arsenal Pulp Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50452911882514,"sku":"9781551529035","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5b4bf778-13e8-4548-ad5e-b360522f921a.jpg?v=1729827557","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-key-of-dale-9781551529035","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}