{"product_id":"trouble-9780547331331","title":"Trouble","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Henry Smith's father told him that if you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Trouble comes careening down the road one night in the form of a pickup truck that strikes Henry's older brother, Franklin. In the truck is Chay Chouan, a young Cambodian from Franklin's preparatory school, and the accident sparks racial tensions in the school--and in the well-established town where Henry's family has lived for generations. Caught between anger and grief, Henry sets out to do the only thing he can think of: climb Mt. Katahdin, the highest mountain in Maine, which he and Franklin were going to climb together. Along with Black Dog, whom Henry has rescued from drowning, and a friend, Henry leaves without his parents' knowledge. The journey, both exhilarating and dangerous, turns into an odyssey of discovery about himself, his older sister, Louisa, his ancestry, and why one can never escape from Trouble.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchmidt, Gary D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eGary D. Schmidt\u003c\/b\u003e is the best-selling author of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003emany books for young readers, including the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor book \u003ci\u003eLizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy \u003c\/i\u003eand the Newbery Honor book \u003ci\u003eThe Wednesday Wars\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a professor of English at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50612850950418,"sku":"9780547331331","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4fe7da8a-5aed-4fc5-a425-503b706d72eb.jpg?v=1732378847","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/trouble-9780547331331","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}