{"product_id":"root-beer-candy-and-other-miracles-9781772782561","title":"Root Beer Candy and Other Miracles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWritten in light and lyrical free verse, Shari Green's debut novel about the hard and beautiful truths of growing up--and growing into one's own ability to shape the world--is now back in a new edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven-year-old Bailey believes in miracles. She has to; it will take a miracle to keep her warring parents together. This summer they are at a Marriage Counselling camp, leaving Bailey and her little brother Kevin with their estranged grandmother in the island town of Felicity Bay. There Jasper, an eccentric deposed minister-turned-ice-cream-vendor, makes a prophecy that a stranger from the sea will change everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn bestselling author Shari Green's warm and wistful debut, Bailey's seaside summer is marked by powerful realizations about the strengths and weaknesses of all the people in her life...including herself. When the waves wash ashore a piece of driftwood that looks like a mermaid, Bailey begins to believe that the mermaid is the stranger from the sea. Does her appearance mean that things really will get better in Felicity Bay and in Bailey's family?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreen, Shari:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eShari\u003cbr\u003eGreen\u003c\/b\u003e spent a\u003cbr\u003elarge portion of her childhood summers reading stacks of library books, and\u003cbr\u003eshe's still in love with stories today. Her acclaimed novels for young readers\u003cbr\u003einclude \u003ci\u003eMacy McMillan and the Rainbow\u003cbr\u003eGoddess\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a USBBY\u003cbr\u003eOutstanding International Book, a Junior Library Guild selection, the winner of\u003cbr\u003ethe ALA Schneider Family Middle School Book Award, and a finalist for a dozen\u003cbr\u003ereader's choice awards. \u003ci\u003eMissing Mike\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for ten\u003cbr\u003ereader's choice awards and selected as an NCTE Notable Poetry Book, among many other honors. Shari lives in Campbell River, British\u003cbr\u003eColumbia, with her husband and children.","brand":"Pajama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50902320251154,"sku":"9781772782561","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_26b8607b-9c54-44d6-9eaf-fc28b843ff74.jpg?v=1738452282","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/root-beer-candy-and-other-miracles-9781772782561","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}