{"product_id":"wild-mountain-ivy-9798765670828","title":"Wild Mountain Ivy","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMonths after catching a common virus, twelve-year-old Ivy still hasn't recovered.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIvy doesn't even have the energy to play music. Hoping a change of scenery will help, she's spending the summer in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, where her uncle has converted an old house into a bed and breakfast. The Everly House has a long history--including a stint as a sanatorium, a treatment center for tuberculosis patients, in the 1920s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIvy starts having dreams about a girl named Jessie Pearl, a TB patient who stayed at the house a hundred years ago. Like Ivy, Jessie was an adventurous musician who struggled to adapt to her sickness. But at the Everly House, she was able to rest, listen to her body, and find new ways to fill her time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Ivy delves into the history of the house, hoping to find out what happened to Jessie, she makes other discoveries that turn her summer in the mountains into a new beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHitchcock, Shannon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eShannon Hitchcock\u003c\/strong\u003e grew up on her grandparents' farm in rural North Carolina. She is the author of numerous middle grade novels including \u003cem\u003eFlying Over Water\u003c\/em\u003e, cowritten with N.H. Senzai which was selected as a \u003cem\u003eKirkus \u003c\/em\u003eBest Book of the Year, and \u003cem\u003eDancing in the Storm\u003c\/em\u003e, cowritten with Amie Darnell Specht which was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.","brand":"Carolrhoda Books (R)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52057807192338,"sku":"9798765670828","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d109769b-77df-4c02-9d66-5773868d0700.jpg?v=1772008464","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wild-mountain-ivy-9798765670828","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}