{"product_id":"kind-of-a-big-deal-9781250206251","title":"Kind of a Big Deal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"So many strange and wonderful things happen at every twist and turn, you'll be happy to wander with Josie . . . Each book she descends into seems to teach her something, and even if it's not obvious where the story is going, we're in it for the long haul.\" --\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Shannon Hale, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAustenland\u003c\/i\u003e, comes \u003ci\u003eKind of a Big Deal\u003c\/i\u003e: a story that will suck you in--literally. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere's nothing worse than peaking in high school. Nobody knows that better than Josie Pie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe was kind of a big deal--she dropped out of high school to be a star! But the bigger you are, the harder you fall. And Josie fell. Hard. Ouch. Broadway dream: dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, her life keeps imploding. Best friend: distant. Boyfriend: busy. Mom: not playing with a full deck? Desperate to escape, Josie gets into reading. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLiterally. She reads a book and suddenly she's \u003ci\u003einside\u003c\/i\u003e it. And with each book, she's a different character: a post-apocalyptic heroine, the lead in a YA rom-com, a 17th century wench in a corset. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's alarming. But also . . . kind of amazing? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the perfect way to live out her fantasies. Book after book, Josie the failed star finds a new way to shine. But the longer she stays in a story, the harder it becomes to escape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill Josie find a story so good that she just stays forever?\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 10\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250206251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e510700 \/ Kind of a Big Deal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.2 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shannon Hale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42342794461365,"sku":"9781250206251","price":11.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f691c55f-b4a1-4c2b-8493-36acd7fe2c26.jpg?v=1661263789","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kind-of-a-big-deal-9781250206251","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}