{"product_id":"the-aurora-county-all-stars-9780152066260","title":"The Aurora County All-Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwelve-year-old House Jackson--star pitcher and team captain of the Aurora County All-Stars--has been sidelined for a whole sorry year with a broken elbow. He's finally ready to play, but wouldn't you know that the team's \u003ci\u003eonly\u003c\/i\u003e game of the year has been scheduled for the exact same time as the town's 200th-anniversary pageant. Now House must face the pageant's director, full-of-herself Frances Shotz (his nemesis and perpetrator of the elbow break), and get his team out of this mess. There's also the matter of a mysterious old recluse who has died and left House a wheezy old dog named Eudora Welty--and a puzzling book of poetry by someone named Walt Whitman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Through the long, hot month of June, House makes surprising and valuable discoveries about family, friendship, poetry . . . and baseball.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWiles, Deborah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eDEBORAH WILES\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of\u003ci\u003e Each Little Bird That Sings, \u003c\/i\u003e a National Book Award finalist; \u003ci\u003eLove, Ruby Lavender, \u003c\/i\u003e an ALA Notable Children's Book, a Children's Book Sense 76 Pick, an NCTE Notable Book for the Language Arts, and a New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing; \u003ci\u003eFreedom Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book;\u003ci\u003e The Aurora County All-Stars, \u003c\/i\u003ea New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing; and \u003ci\u003eOne Wide Sky.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Georgia.\u003cb\u003ewww.deborahwiles.com\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409775235346,"sku":"9780152066260","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b690d62f-4629-4efa-a184-41a6d28728cf.jpg?v=1729293864","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-aurora-county-all-stars-9780152066260","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}