{"product_id":"hurricane-season-9781616209063","title":"Hurricane Season","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Fig Arnold is an original and irresistible heroine in a story full of hope, art, and love.\" --R. J. Palacio, author of \u003ci\u003eWonder\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A thoughtful portrayal of mental illness with queer content that avoids coming-out clich s.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For Fig's dad, hurricane season brings the music. \u003cbr\u003e For Fig, hurricane season brings the possibility of disaster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fig, a sixth grader, loves her dad and the home they share in a beachside town. She does not love the long months of hurricane season. Her father, a once-renowned piano player, sometimes goes looking for the music in the middle of a storm. Hurricane months bring unpredictable good and bad days. More than anything, Fig wants to see the world through her father's eyes, so she takes an art class to experience life as an artist does. Then Fig's dad shows up at school, confused and looking for her. Not only does the class \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e bring Fig closer to understanding him, it brings social services to their door. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the walls start to fall around her, Fig is sure it's up to her alone to solve her father's problems and protect her family's privacy. But with the help of her best friend, a cute girl at the library, and a surprisingly kind new neighbor, Fig learns she isn't as alone as she once thought . . . and begins to compose her own definition of family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nicole Melleby's \u003ci\u003eHurricane Season \u003c\/i\u003eis a radiant and tender novel about taking risks and facing danger, about friendship and art, and about growing up and coming out. And more than anything else, it is a story about love--both its limits and its incredible healing power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616209063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/21\/2018 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2019 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2019 pg. 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e503746 \/ Hurricane Season\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.3 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 9\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nicole Melleby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36662246342812,"sku":"9781616209063","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a1316c70-ab83-4826-a81d-d7b24c27e6b1.jpg?v=1603901460","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hurricane-season-9781616209063","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}