{"product_id":"the-year-of-shadows-9781442442955","title":"The Year of Shadows","description":"\u003cb\u003eOlivia wants a new life--and her wish might be granted by the unlikeliest allies. A heartfelt, gently Gothic novel from Claire Legrand that \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal \u003c\/i\u003ecalls a \"not-too-scary ghost story.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOlivia Stellatella is having a rough year. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer mother's left, her neglectful father--the maestro of a failing orchestra--has moved her and her grandmother into the city's dark, broken-down concert hall to save money, and her only friend is Igor, an ornery stray cat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust when she thinks life couldn't get any weirder, she meets four ghosts who haunt the hall. They need Olivia's help--if the hall is torn down, they'll be stuck as ghosts forever, never able to move on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOlivia has to do the impossible for her shadowy new friends: Save the concert hall. But helping the dead has powerful consequences for the living...and soon it's not just the concert hall that needs saving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLegrand, Claire:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Claire Legrand used to be a musician until she realized she couldn't stop thinking about the stories in her head. Now Ms. Legrand is a full-time writer living in New Jersey. She has written two middle grade novels--\u003ci\u003eThe Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing in 2012, and \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Shadows--\u003c\/i\u003eas well as the young adult novel \u003ci\u003eWinterspell\u003c\/i\u003e. Visit her at Claire-Legrand.com and on Twitter @ClaireLegrand.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50415365587218,"sku":"9781442442955","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b2ef2717-d6f5-4e37-8ff2-010d4f825e68.jpg?v=1729401632","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-year-of-shadows-9781442442955","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}