{"product_id":"cloud-of-witnesses-9781732027626","title":"Cloud of Witnesses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome glad morning, I'll fly away.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho cares if he's \"gifted.\" Roland Tanner wants to escape his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's stuck in a broken-down trailer in the hills with his family, the sorriest characters he's ever met.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt his new middle school, his classmates only see him as a hillbilly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has a secret crush on Patty, but so does his friend Hassan, the new kid from Iran.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut then comes the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979. And Roland's father's health takes a turn for the worse while he's away in jail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Roland accept the cloud of witnesses--the saints and sinners all around him--and realize that his future can be whatever he makes it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of Erin Entrada Kelly, Sharon Creech, Cynthia Rylant, and Firoozeh Dumas, \u003cem\u003eCloud of Witnesses\u003c\/em\u003e is a poignant, humorous book about coming of age in the foothills of the Appalachians.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Weaving fiction and historical events together, this book made me laugh and cry. The characters jump off the page. A great read for all middle school students.\" -- Marilee Amodt, M.S.Ed., long-time Middle School Curriculum Resource Teacher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Golden Alley Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732027626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Jane Hertenstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38211605495989,"sku":"9781732027626","price":11.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9f109ead-4f8a-4d9c-8971-d5e195cc748e.jpg?v=1610431076","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cloud-of-witnesses-9781732027626","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}