{"product_id":"chasing-at-the-surface-9781943328604","title":"Chasing at the Surface","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Outdoor Book Award Winner for Children's Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSometimes finding your way home takes more than courage. It takes a leap of faith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChasing at the Surface\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a young girl's courage and the healing power of nature. After her mother unexpectedly leaves home, twelve-year old Marisa struggles with her feelings of loss and abandonment just as a pod of nineteen orca whales--mothers with their new calves following a run of chum salmon--become trapped in the enclosed inlet near her Northwest home. Marisa's journey to help the whales find their way home brings her to a new understanding of the assaults humans have had on nature, and the complicated meaning of family and home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Westwinds Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781943328604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sharon Mentyka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671833079964,"sku":"9781943328604","price":11.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5e2c0b31-d77b-4186-8514-04f31886a1ae.jpg?v=1603926341","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/chasing-at-the-surface-9781943328604","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}