{"product_id":"the-ballad-of-tubs-marshfield-9780062865489","title":"The Ballad of Tubs Marshfield","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFans of Sara Pennypacker and Katherine Applegate will love this thrilling environmental fable--filled with laughter, music, and adventure.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere's no other place Tubs Marshfield would rather be than singing a song in his perfect little swamp along the Louisiana bayou. His music can make anyone feel happy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut something terrible is happening within the swamp that even Tubs' songs can't fix--and it's making his neighbors feel sick  No one knows what to do, least of all Tubs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mysterious prophecy may hold the key...or send Tubs away from his friends forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoffman, Cara:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCara Hoffman\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of three critically acclaimed novels for adults: \u003cem\u003eRunning \u003c\/em\u003e(a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Editor's Choice), \u003cem\u003eBe Safe I Love You\u003c\/em\u003e (nominated for a Folio Prize), and \u003cem\u003eSo Much Pretty\u003c\/em\u003e (a \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/em\u003eBooks Pick and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Best Suspense Novel of 2011). She is also the author of the popular middle grade novel \u003cem\u003eBernard Pepperlin\u003c\/em\u003e (a Junior Library Guild Selection). She has written for \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eParis Review\u003c\/em\u003e, Bookforum, and National Public Radio, among others, and has been a visiting writer at University of Oxford. She lives in Manhattan and teaches at the Stonecoast MFA program at University of Southern Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50380970295570,"sku":"9780062865489","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_47dafdb4-52c7-47c9-bcd1-7f2b26110bf8.jpg?v=1728690646","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ballad-of-tubs-marshfield-9780062865489","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}