{"product_id":"finding-mr-brightside-9781250073655","title":"Finding Mr. Brightside","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe didn't expect her silver lining to be wearing gray sweatpants.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbram and Juliette know each other. They've lived down the street from each other their whole lives. But they don't really know each other--at least, not until Juliette's mom and Abram's dad have a torrid affair that culminates in a deadly car crash. Sharing the same subdivision is uncomfortable, to say the least. They don't speak. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFast-forward to the neighborhood pharmacy, a year later. Abram decides to say hello. Then he decides to invite Juliette to Taco Bell. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo her surprise as well as his, she agrees. And the real love story begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinding Mr. Brightside\u003c\/i\u003e is a contemporary young adult novel by Jay Clark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jay Clark, you just wrote one of my favorite YA books ever. Thank you \" --Jerry Spinelli, author of \u003ci\u003eStargirl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Clark's characters are realistic and sympathetic. Readers will root for both of them to overcome their trauma and accept a future of happiness.\" --\u003ci\u003eVOYA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Clark (\u003ci\u003eThe Edumacation of Jay Baker\u003c\/i\u003e) crafts a believably tentative relationship between these two damaged teens, their sharp-edged humor masking the pain that they can't quite shake.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Though the problems the teens face are myriad, the story never bogs down.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\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\/22\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250073655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e174599 \/ Finding Mr. Brightside\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.1 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 7\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jay Clark","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41371170832565,"sku":"9781250073655","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e02dcde9-e79c-4d9b-8ef2-67c30701bfbe.jpg?v=1637638962","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/finding-mr-brightside-9781250073655","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}