{"product_id":"stepping-off-9781546110620","title":"Stepping Off","description":"\u003cb\u003eJesse has two best friends. He's in love with both of them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJesse Dienstag's favorite sweatshirt says, \"The real world isn't real.\" That's the slogan of the vacation-home community in Pennsylvania where his family has always spent every vacation and weekend for as long as he can remember. In the summer of 2019, as Jesse is about to enter his junior year of high school in New York City, he desperately wants to believe the slogan is true. For one thing, the two girls he loves -- equally and desperately -- are in Pennsylvania, and all the stresses and pressures of his daily life and school are in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when his parents stop talking to each other, it gets harder and harder for Jesse to maintain his dream life in Pennsylvania. And when Covid shuts New York City down in March 2020, just days after Jesse's mother leaves his father, Jesse's worlds collide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJordan Sonnenblick is the author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eDrums, Girls \u0026amp; Dangerous Pie\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAfter Ever After\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNotes from the Midnight Driver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZen and the Art of Faking It\u003c\/i\u003e, Falling Over Sideways, and The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade. He lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with his wife and two children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scholastic Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52179220300050,"sku":"9781546110620","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_802ccf2a-a198-4d68-a697-1796f6f9a0b8.jpg?v=1775637320","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stepping-off-9781546110620","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}