{"product_id":"whales-on-stilts-9781442407015","title":"Whales on Stilts!","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the first intallment of National Book Award winner M.T. Anderson's Pals in Peril series, a madman has unleashed an army of stilt-walking, laser-beaming, thoroughly angry whales upon the world  Luckily, Jasper Dash and his friends Katie Mulligan and Lily Gefelty are around to save the day.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSure, Lily Gefelty is just an average twelve-year-old girl. But her dad--a normal-enough-seeming guy--just so happens to work for an evil genius who plans to unleash an army of extremely cranky, stilt-walking, laser-beam-eyed whales upon the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucky for Lily, her two best friends are anything \u003ci\u003ebut\u003c\/i\u003e average. Both of them are famous for their adventures. Jasper Dash, Boy Technonaut, invents gadgets; Katie Mulligan spends her spare time fighting off zombies and were-goats. Surely\u003ci\u003e they'll\u003c\/i\u003e know what to do. And if they don't? Then it will be up to Lily--average, everyday Lily--to come up with a plan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eM.T. Anderson is the author of the Pals in Peril series; The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation series, the first volume of which won the National Book Award; The Norumbegan Quartet; \u003ci\u003eBurger Wuss\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThirsty\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eFeed\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, a Boston Globe-Horn\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHonor Book, and the winner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award for Young Adults. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts. Visit him at MT-Anderson.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKurt Cyrus has illustrated numerous acclaimed picture books celebrating the natural world, including \u003ci\u003eWhat in the World?: Numbers in Nature \u003c\/i\u003eby Nancy Raines Day; \u003ci\u003eMammoths on the Move\u003c\/i\u003e by Lisa Wheeler; and his own \u003ci\u003eTadpole Rex\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage of Turtle Rex\u003c\/i\u003e. His art also appears in the middle grade series Pals in Peril by M.T. Anderson. Kurt lives with his wife in McMinnville, Oregon. Visit him at KurtCyrus.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Beach Lane Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50515231605010,"sku":"9781442407015","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc6eec74-c885-4e51-83d3-02fd0c629cfc.jpg?v=1731000859","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/whales-on-stilts-9781442407015","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}