{"product_id":"kick-9780062004918","title":"Kick","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the very first time in his decades-long career writing \u003cem\u003efor\u003c\/em\u003e teens, acclaimed and beloved author Walter Dean Myers writes \u003cem\u003ewith\u003c\/em\u003e a teen, Ross Workman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKevin Johnson is a great kid and skilled soccer player. With attitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen he ends up in jail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSergeant Brown is a tough cop and Kevin's mentor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith attitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf Kevin and Brown can learn to trust each other, they might be able to turn things around.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore it's too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorkman, Ross:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWhen Ross Workman was thirteen, he wrote a fan email to his favorite author. When Walter Dean Myers wrote back and asked him whether he would be interested in writing a book, Ross was amazed--and incredibly excited. Four years later, Ross is seventeen and in eleventh grade. In addition to writing, Ross plays a sport every season: high school soccer in the fall, high school wrestling in the winter, and club travel soccer in the spring. He lives in New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMyers, Walter Dean:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWalter Dean Myers was the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eMonster\u003c\/em\u003e, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, a three-time National Book Award Finalist, as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harperteen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317926072594,"sku":"9780062004918","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d20abb7a-0d6a-4c11-a337-686dc5485cf2.jpg?v=1727542913","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kick-9780062004918","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}