{"product_id":"a-prayer-for-owen-meany-9780062205575","title":"A Prayer for Owen Meany","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A remarkable novel. . . . \u003cem\u003eA Prayer for Owen Meany\u003c\/em\u003e is a rare creation. ... An amazingly brave piece of work ... so extraordinary, so original, and so enriching. . . . Readers will come to the end feeling sorry to leave [this] richly textured and carefully wrought world.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003eSTEPHEN KING, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice--not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy's mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn't believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is extraordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Large Print\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062205575\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 2.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e28546 \/ Prayer for Owen Meany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.7 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 42\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Irving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916754489525,"sku":"9780062205575","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_54e14b4d-245c-401a-b845-85ce7935cee3.jpg?v=1687270204","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-prayer-for-owen-meany-9780062205575","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}