{"product_id":"mercury-to-the-moon-9798991295925","title":"Mercury to the Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is no secret that planet Earth is home to the notoriously greedy species known as humans. What remains a secret to these humans is the community of aliens who live hidden under invisible force fields across neighboring planets and moons. They eat fried butterflies for lunch, travel through interplanetary vortexes, and coexist with giant bees, solar dragons, and hairy one-hundred-legged spiders-peacefully, for the most part.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEighteen-year-old Truman Howard is not like his classmates. While they roll around in their parents' riches and travel the globe, Truman takes care of himself, working part time as a ski instructor and thrifting his clothes. He has no family, no friends, and a roommate who gives donkeys a bad rep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut everything changes the day Truman meets a mysterious woman who invites him to an unforgettable place that will make him and anyone who reads his story feel like they belong. For it is there, among the stars, where Truman embarks on a remarkable voyage filled with new friends, fantastic creatures, and a dangerous destiny that's been brewing for him for many, many moons!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGagliastro, J. Q.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - J.Q. Gagliastro is a fiction novelist, the author-illustrator of the bestselling works The Diary of a Sugarbaby and Mercury to the Moon. His work is taught at the collegiate level, has been picked by two queer book clubs, has topped multiple bestseller lists, has received book award nominations, and has been praised by a myriad of reputable literary publications and journals.","brand":"Gaggy Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648929923346,"sku":"9798991295925","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1be50592-b075-4d36-b8f5-9217df8a7473.jpg?v=1759838947","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mercury-to-the-moon-9798991295925","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}