{"product_id":"selling-hope-9780312611224","title":"Selling Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelling Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is an inventive middle grade novel about a girl who wants a normal life and how she sees Halley's Comet as her ticket out of the vaudeville circuit.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's May 1910, and Halley's Comet is due to pass thru the Earth's atmosphere. And thirteen-year-old Hope McDaniels and her father are due to pass through their hometown of Chicago with their ragtag vaudeville troupe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHope wants out of vaudeville, and longs for a \"normal\" life -- or as normal as life can be without her mother, who died five years before. Hope sees an opportunity: She invents \"anti-comet\" pills to sell to the working-class customers desperate for protection. Soon, she's joined by a fellow troupe member, young Buster Keaton, and the two of them start to make good money. And just when Hope thinks she has all the answers, she has to decide: What is family? Where is home? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[An] oft-engaging, pleasantly romantic romp through a fascinating time in America's entertainment history.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKRISTIN O'DONNELL TUBB is the author of \u003ci\u003eAutumn Winifred Oliver Does Things Different\u003c\/i\u003e. She describes herself as \"basically a dork who would still be going to school if they'd let me. But they won't (cause that'd just be weird), so I write instead. All of the research, none of the quizzes. It's heaven!\" She lives in Tennessee with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872537481490,"sku":"9780312611224","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_04944b9e-c1c8-49cb-8a02-e9666a8eab1d.jpg?v=1737901055","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/selling-hope-9780312611224","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}