{"product_id":"chalk-9780765390950","title":"Chalk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is what horror ought to be: primal, personal, and powerful.\" -- Seanan McGuire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Cornell plumbs the depths of magic and despair in \u003ci\u003eChalk\u003c\/i\u003e, a brutal exploration of bullying in Margaret Thatcher's England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Waggoner has always hung around with his fellow losers at school, desperately hoping each day that the school bullies -- led by Drake -- will pass him by in search of other prey. But one day they force him into the woods, and the bullying escalates into something more; something unforgivable; something unthinkable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBroken, both physically and emotionally, something dies in Waggoner, and something else is born in its place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the hills of the West Country a chalk horse stands vigil over a site of ancient power, and there Waggoner finds in himself a reflection of rage and vengeance, a power and persona to topple those who would bring him low.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765390950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Paul Cornell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36642572697756,"sku":"9780765390950","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_46ba794e-4dd6-4f6f-b577-2b2842603744.jpg?v=1603855094","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/chalk-9780765390950","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}