{"product_id":"not-nothing-9781665943284","title":"Not Nothing","description":"\u003cb\u003eFour starred reviews!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"The book we all need at the time we all need it.\" --Katherine Applegate, Newbery Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe One and Only Ivan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"tale of intergenerational friendship forged through a shared understanding of loss...told with spellbinding grace\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) from #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Gayle Forman, a boy assigned to spend his summer volunteering at a senior living facility learns unexpected lessons.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlex is twelve, and he did something very, very bad. A judge sentences him to spend his summer volunteering at a retirement home where he's bossed around by an annoying and self-important do-gooder named Maya-Jade. He hasn't seen his mom in a year, his aunt and uncle don't want him, and Shady Glen's geriatric residents seem like zombies to him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJosey is 107 and ready for his life to be over. He has evaded death many times, having survived ghettos, dragnets, and a concentration camp--all thanks to the heroism of a woman named Olka and his own ability to sew. But now he spends his days in room 206 at Shady Glen, refusing to speak and waiting (and waiting and waiting) to die. Until Alex knocks on Josey's door...and Josey begins to tell Alex his story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Alex comes back again and again to hear more, an unlikely bond grows between them. Soon a new possibility opens up for Alex: Can he rise to the occasion of his life, even if it means confronting the worst thing that he's ever done?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning author and journalist Gayle Forman has written several bestselling novels, including those in the Just One Day series, \u003ci\u003eWhere She Went\u003c\/i\u003e, and the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eIf I Stay\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been translated into more than forty languages and was adapted into a major motion picture. Her first middle grade novel, \u003ci\u003eFrankie \u0026amp; Bug\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Children's Book of 2021. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aladdin Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572499284242,"sku":"9781665943284","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7919a732-d9a2-4a6e-bffd-3cb94302d54f.jpg?v=1755864334","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/not-nothing-9781665943284","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}