{"product_id":"freak-9781250027429","title":"Freak","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor Miriam Fisher, a budding poet who reads the \u003ci\u003eOxford English Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e for fun, seventh grade is a year etched in her memory \"clear as pain.\" That's the year her older sister, Deborah, once her best buddy and fellow \"alien,\" bloomed like a beautiful flower and joined the high school in-crowd. That's the year high school senior Artie Rosenberg, the \"hottest guy in the drama club\" and, Miriam thinks, her soul mate, comes to live with Miriam's family. And that's the year the popular \"watermelon girls\" turn up the heat in their cruel harassment of Miriam--ripping her life wide open in shocking, unexpected ways. Teased and taunted in school, Miriam is pushed toward breaking, until, in a gripping climax, she finds the inner strength to prove she's a force to be reckoned with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis riveting first novel introduces readers to an unforgettable heroine, an outsider who dares to confront the rigid conformity of junior high, and in the process manages not only to save herself but to inspire and transform others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Square Fish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250027429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.56w x 0.56d","brand":"Marcella Pixley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648506392732,"sku":"9781250027429","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f759824c-6315-4aac-82f9-ec9d03891ca6.jpg?v=1603870229","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/freak-9781250027429","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}