{"product_id":"sugar-and-spite-9781338630923","title":"Sugar and Spite","description":"\u003cb\u003eCan a bully be defeated by a magical love potion?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJolina can't take Claudine's bullying any longer! The taunts and teasing are too much. Though Jolina knows she's still in training to use her grandfather's arbularyo magic, she sneaks into his potions lab to get her revenge. Jolina brews a batch of gayuma, a powerful love potion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd it works. The love potion conquers Claudine's hateful nature. In fact, Claudine doesn't just stop bullying Jolina -- now she wants to be Jolina's BFF, and does everything and anything Jolina asks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut magic comes with a cost, and bad intentions beget bad returns. Controlling another person's ability to love -- or hate -- will certainly have consequences. The magic demands payment, and it is about to come for Jolina in the form of a powerful storm...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagic and reality mingle in this brilliant new middle-grade novel by Gail D. Villanueva that asks whether it's ever okay to take away someone's free will.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGail D. Villanueva is a Filipina author born and based in the Philippines. She's also a web designer, an entrepreneur, and a graphic artist. She loves pineapple pizza, seafood, and chocolate, but not in a single dish together (eww). Gail and her husband live in the outskirts of Manila with their dogs, ducks, turtles, cats, and one friendly but lonesome chicken. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eMy Fate According to the Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e, was named a Best Book of the Year by\u003ci\u003e Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scholastic Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50519857594642,"sku":"9781338630923","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_546409df-08fa-45bf-89c1-b84388b7074d.jpg?v=1731069156","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sugar-and-spite-9781338630923","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}