{"product_id":"phoenix-rising-9780312535629","title":"Phoenix Rising","description":"\u003cp\u003eNyle's life with her grandmother on their Vermont sheep farm advances rhythmically through the seasons until the night of the accident at the Cookshire nuclear power plant. Without warning, Nyle's modest world fills with protective masks, evacuations, contaminated food, disruptions, and mistrust. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNyle adjusts to the changes. As long as the fallout continues blowing to the East, Nyle, Gran, and the farm can go on. But into this uncertain haven stumble Ezra Trent and his mother, \"refugees\" from the heart of the accident, who take temporary shelter in the back bedroom of Nyle's house. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe back bedroom is the dying room: It took her mother when Nyle was six; it stole away her grandfather just two years ago. Now Ezra is back there and Nyle doesn't want to open her heart to him. Too many times she's let people in, only to have them desert her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKaren Hesse's voice and vision are grounded in truth; she takes on a nearly unharnessable subject, contains it, and makes it resonate with honesty. Part love story, part coming of age, \u003ci\u003ePhoenix Rising\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force by a gifted writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Hesse\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books for young people, including \u003ci\u003eOut of the Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Newbery Medal, \u003ci\u003eLetters from Rifka\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSable \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLavender\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received honors including the Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, the Christopher Award, and the MacArthur Fellowship \"Genius\" Award, making her only the second children's book author to receive this prestigious grant. Born in Baltimore, Hesse graduated from the University of Maryland. She and her husband Randy live in Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410299031826,"sku":"9780312535629","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6f6ace9a-fd75-4a5f-87b6-ce6f74ffb6a6.jpg?v=1729303556","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/phoenix-rising-9780312535629","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}