{"product_id":"sparked-9781942645641","title":"Sparked","description":"Fifteen-year-old Laurel Goodwin wakes up to find her older sister Ivy missing from their Airstream trailer in the Oregon redwoods. A recurring nightmare convinces her that Ivy was abducted, but no one takes her dream seriously, including her mom. Laurel, a loner, has to learn to ask for help, and Jasper Blake, a mysterious new kid who shares her love of old books, quickly becomes her ally. Together they find their quiet town holds a deep secret and is the epicenter of a dark prophecy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Laurel soon learns that her worst enemies, mean girls Peyton Andersen and Mei Rosen, are developing powers that she needs to find and save Ivy. With time running out, Laurel realizes that power doesn't always take the form that you expect. And once she learns to look beyond her snap judgments, she develops an unexpected gift of her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelena Echlin, a native of the UK, is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eGone\u003c\/i\u003e (Random House UK, 2002) and for five years wrote \"Table Manners,\" an etiquette advice column for CHOW, the online food and drink magazine. She has also written on topics from belly-button reshaping to cardio strip tease for publications such as the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e in the UK, and \u003ci\u003eYoga Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e in the US. She lives in Berkeley, California and teaches fiction-writing online for Stanford.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Geek \u0026 Sundry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50857254682898,"sku":"9781942645641","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_676cdd97-b276-4021-8548-b8429c4e99ad.jpg?v=1737526054","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sparked-9781942645641","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}