{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-a-girl-called-bicycle-9780823440078","title":"The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle","description":"\u003cb\u003eSelected for the 2019-2020 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA determined 12-year-old girl bikes across the country in this quirky and charming debut middle grade novel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroverted Bicycle has lived most of her life at the Mostly Silent Monastery in Washington, D.C. When her guardian, Sister Wanda, announces that Bicycle is going to attend a camp where she will learn to make friends, Bicycle says no way and sets off on her bike for San Francisco to meet her idol, a famous cyclist, certain he will be her first true friend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho knew that a ghost would haunt her handlebars and that she would have to contend with bike-hating dogs, a bike-loving horse, bike-crushing pigs, and a mysterious lady dressed in black. Over the uphills and downhills of her journey, Bicycle discovers that friends are not such a bad thing to have after all, and that a dozen cookies really can solve most problems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild selection!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHRISTINA USS has written about bicycling and travel for many magazines and newspapers. \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle\u003c\/i\u003e was inspired in part by her own experiences while biking across the United States, once widthwise and once lengthwise.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Margaret Ferguson Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52103862878482,"sku":"9780823440078","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5923f7d8-7c9a-4943-b0a3-f33c2af98e59.jpg?v=1773158965","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-adventures-of-a-girl-called-bicycle-9780823440078","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}