{"product_id":"just-in-case-9780452289376","title":"Just in Case","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e Carnegie Medal Winner \u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the 2016 recipient of the Astrid Lindgren award and author of international bestseller \u003ci\u003eHow I Live Now, \u003c\/i\u003eNational Book Award\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003efinalist \u003ci\u003ePicture Me Gone\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently \u003ci\u003eJonathan Unleashed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Case never questions his ordinary suburban life -- until one fateful day, a brush with death brings him face to face with his own mortality. Suddenly, everywhere he looks he sees catastrophe, disaster, the ruin of the human race, the demise of the planet...not to mention (to pinpoint the exact source of his anxiety) possible pain and suffering for himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So he changes his name, reinvents his appearance, and falls in love with the seductive Agnes Bee -- in the hope that he'll become unrecognizable to Fate and saved from his own doom. With his imaginary greyhound in tow, Justin Case struggles to maintain his new image and above all, to survive in a world where twists of fate wait for him around every corner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeg Rosoff grew up in Boston and worked in advertising for fifteen years before writing her first novel, \u003ci\u003eHow I Live Now\u003c\/i\u003e, which has sold more than one million copies in thirty-six territories. It won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Printz Award, was short-listed for the Orange Prize and made into a film. Her subsequent five novels have been awarded or short-listed for, among others, the Carnegie Medal and the National Book Award. The laureate of the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, she lives in London with her husband, daughter, and two dogs. Her most recent novel is \u003ci\u003eJonathan Unleashed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844510814482,"sku":"9780452289376","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_47713535-1978-46b1-8e08-fca4ec53e8c7.jpg?v=1737323349","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/just-in-case-9780452289376","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}