{"product_id":"indestructible-object-9781534485051","title":"Indestructible Object","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Beautifully messy and real.\" --Amy Spalding, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWe Used to Be Friends\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eWhat If It's Us\u003c\/i\u003e and Mary H. K. Choi, this stunning coming-of-age novel from Printz Honor author Mary McCoy follows a Memphis teen whose quest to uncover the secrets of love reveals new truths about herself.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor the past two years, Lee has been laser-focused on two things: her job as a sound tech at a local coffee shop and her podcast \u003ci\u003eArtists in Love\u003c\/i\u003e, which she cohosts with her boyfriend Vincent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil he breaks up with her on the air right after graduation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen their unexpected split, the loss of her job, and her parent's announcement that they're separating coincide, Lee's plans, her art, and her life are thrown into turmoil. Searching for a new purpose, Lee recruits her old friend Max and new friend Risa to produce a podcast called \u003ci\u003eObjects of Destruction\u003c\/i\u003e, where they investigate whether love actually exists at all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the deeper they get into the love stories around them, the more Lee realizes that she's the one who's been holding love at arm's length. And when she starts to fall for Risa, she finds she'll have to be more honest with herself and the people in her life to create a new love story of her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFunny, romantic, and heartfelt, this is a story about secrets, lies, friendship, found family, an expired passport, a hidden VHS tape, fried pickles, the weird and wild city of Memphis, and, most of all, love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary McCoy is a writer and a librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library. She has also been a contributor to On Bunker Hill and the 1947project, where she wrote stories about Los Angeles's notorious past. Mary is the author of \u003ci\u003eDead to Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCamp So-and-So\u003c\/i\u003e, the Printz Honor Book \u003ci\u003eI, Claudia\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Indestructible Object. \u003c\/i\u003eShe grew up in western Pennsylvania and studied at Rhodes College and the University of Wisconsin.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495184699666,"sku":"9781534485051","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d40345ba-5be8-4ba1-82bc-857c106a61d9.jpg?v=1737217051","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/indestructible-object-9781534485051","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}