{"product_id":"the-hit-9780310729389","title":"The Hit","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter receiving a full-ride scholarship to Mills College for Girls, it appears Sarah's future is clear ... until she walks into a poetry class led by Mr. Haddings, a student teacher from the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enearby University of Washington. Suddenly, life on the UW campus seems very appealing, and Sarah finds herself using her poetry journal to subtly declare her feelings for Mr. Haddings. Convinced he is flirting back, she sets off for school in the rain with a poem in her back pocket--one that says how she really feels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut everything changes when Mr. Haddings feels a thud on his front bumper and finds Sarah in the street with blood pooling beneath her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrover, Lorie Ann:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLorie Ann Grover is the author of young adult novels including \u003cem\u003eHit\u003c\/em\u003e, which Hypable calls \"a powerful book about tragedy and recovery which shows you both sides of the story, for better or worse.\" She has authored \u003cem\u003eLoose Threads\u003c\/em\u003e, a Booklist Top 10 Youth First Novel, and \u003cem\u003eOn Pointe\u003c\/em\u003e, a Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year. As a literacy advocate, she is a co-founder of readergirlz, which was awarded the National Book Foundation's Innovations in Reading Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52127620202770,"sku":"9780310729389","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2e4b2609-cc08-484f-b6e5-e2deefa82bf9.jpg?v=1773739231","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hit-9780310729389","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}