{"product_id":"luann-3-9780740761935","title":"Luann 3","description":"\u003cp\u003eI think comic strips can enlighten as well as entertain. Adolescence is a very funny time, except when you're in it. Many teens feel alone in their struggles; I want to show them that adolescence may be scary but it isn't fatal. Finding the humor amid the horror is helpful.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuann DeGroot is a 16 year old girl who's full of spirited personality-and agonizing confusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLike all teens, she's happy if she can stumble through a day without totally embarrassing herself. She lives with typical parents and an annoying older brother. Luann and her best buds, Bernice and Delta, along with a lively cast of characters from Pitts School, struggle with the euphoric highs and devastating lows that torment the life of a contemporary teen. From small events (a pop quiz) to large (a daring fire rescue), \u003ci\u003eLuann 3\u003c\/i\u003e delivers the kind of poignant, honest, amusing stories that have made \u003ci\u003eLuann\u003c\/i\u003e a reader favorite for 21 years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuann\u003c\/i\u003e is featured in 400 newspapers worldwide, and LuannsRoom.com receives 80,000 hits a day. \u003ci\u003eLuann\u003c\/i\u003e consistently ranks in the top five in newspaper surveys and is often number one with female readers. \u003ci\u003eLuann, the Musical\u003c\/i\u003e, from Pioneer Drama, has been performed by hundreds of theater groups across the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn, raised, and educated in the Los Angeles area, Evans discovered at an early age that he wanted to be a syndicated cartoonist. He worked as a high school art teacher as well as a graphic artist and a promotion manager for a television station while pursuing his dream of writing a comic strip. After several failed attempts, he was inspired by the antics of his then nine-year-old daughter-and \u003ci\u003eLuann\u003c\/i\u003e was born. Evans lives with his wife in Southern California. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewww.comics.com\/comics\/luann\/\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50566214123794,"sku":"9780740761935","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f4b5d39f-a4d9-4ad1-9801-e70fea30b117.jpg?v=1731892320","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/luann-3-9780740761935","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}