{"product_id":"saint-ivy-kind-at-all-costs-9781419741265","title":"Saint Ivy: Kind at All Costs","description":"\u003cb\u003eLaurie Morrison's \u003ci\u003eSaint Ivy\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoughtful middle-grade novel about caring for others and for yourself--and what it truly means to be kind and vulnerable.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thirteen-year-old Ivy Campbell has always been a good kid: She supports her soccer-star brother, bakes with her nana, and puts her friends' needs before her own. So of course, Ivy is 100 percent supportive when her mom decides to be a gestational surrogate, carrying and giving birth to her friends' baby. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when Ivy finds out the surrogacy treatment worked and her mom is pregnant--and has been for weeks--she's shocked that she's jealous and worried about what others will think. And most of all, she's ashamed that she isn't reacting to this news in the right way. The Ivy way. Ivy is determined to prove to herself that she's just as unselfish as she's always believed, and she gets the chance to do that when she receives an anonymous email from someone who needs her help. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But the more Ivy dives into helping this anonymous person, the further she gets from the people she loves--and from the person who she wants to be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Feelings, life, and people are allowed to be complicated in beautiful ways in this page-turner.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A keenly observed portrait of a girl who goes way overboard on a good thing.\" --\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurie Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e taught middle school for 10 years before writing \u003ci\u003eEvery Shiny Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, her middle-grade debut with coauthor Cordelia Jensen, and \u003ci\u003eUp for Air\u003c\/i\u003e. She received her MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Philadelphia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amulet Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50383048147218,"sku":"9781419741265","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6e4711b7-344a-4f86-a0ac-61a82c34a625.jpg?v=1728776830","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/saint-ivy-kind-at-all-costs-9781419741265","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}