{"product_id":"the-braid-9780374300715","title":"The Braid","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo sisters, Jeannie and Sarah, tell their separate yet tightly interwoven stories in alternating narrative poems. Each sister - Jeannie, who leaves Scotland during the Highland Clearances with her father, mother, and the younger children, and Sarah, who hides so she can stay behind with her grandmother - carries a length of the other's hair braided with her own. The braid binds them together when they are worlds apart and reminds them of who they used to be before they were evicted from the Western Isles, where their family had lived for many generations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe award-winning poet Helen Frost eloquently twists strand over strand of language, braiding the words at the edges of the poems to bring new poetic forms to life while intertwining the destinies of two young girls and the people who cross their paths in this unforgettable novel. An author's note describes the inventive poetic form in detail. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Braid\u003c\/i\u003e is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Frost\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books for young people, including \u003ci\u003eHidden\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDiamond Willow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrossing Stones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRoom 214: A Year in Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKeesha's House\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a Michael L. Printz Honor Book.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323759857938,"sku":"9780374300715","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e38786e-f831-4aa5-9763-3beedc6693d4.jpg?v=1727661152","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-braid-9780374300715","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}