{"product_id":"when-friendship-followed-me-home-9780147510068","title":"When Friendship Followed Me Home","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"If you have middle schoolers who are too young to fully grasp \u003cb\u003eJohn Green's \u003ci\u003eThe Fault in Our Stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and love dogs, give them this sweet tearjerker.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this beguiling tearjerker, a foster kid's luck slowly changes after he befriends a scruffy pup he finds outside the library.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople \u003c\/i\u003emagazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ben Coffin has never been one for making friends. As a former foster kid, he knows people can up and leave without so much as a goodbye. Ben prefers to spend his time with the characters in his favorite sci-fi books...until he rescues an abandoned mutt from the alley next-door to the Coney Island Library. Scruffy little Flip leads Ben to befriend a fellow book-lover named Halley--yes, like the comet--a girl unlike anyone he has ever met. Ben begins thinking of her as \"Rainbow Girl\" because of her crazy-colored clothes and her laugh, pure magic, the kind that makes you smile away the stormiest day. Rainbow Girl convinces Ben to write a novel with her. But as their story unfolds Ben's life begins to unravel, and Ben must discover for himself the truth about friendship and the meaning of home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Griffin is the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eTen Mile River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Orange Houses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStay With Me\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBurning Blue\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives, trains dogs, and writes in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Young Readers Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409756950802,"sku":"9780147510068","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_762e9a3a-6d13-4058-bd48-1ae01280902c.jpg?v=1729293629","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/when-friendship-followed-me-home-9780147510068","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}