{"product_id":"liberty-biscuit-9781646011254","title":"Liberty Biscuit","description":"\u003cb\u003eDoes a family mystery stand in the way of saving Kip's\u003cbr\u003ebest friend?\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKatherine Pearl Baker--\"Kip\" for short--is the only child on\u003cbr\u003eher family's rural peach farm. She longs for a pet to ease the loneliness.\u003cbr\u003eUnfortunately, her father has an angry opposition to all animals--horses in\u003cbr\u003eparticular. Why he dislikes them is a confounding mystery.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHiding in the woods on the Fourth of July, Kip encounters a\u003cbr\u003ebedraggled donkey with one eye and a floppy ear. Immediately smitten and\u003cbr\u003ecompelled to protect him, she feeds him biscuits and takes him home. When it is\u003cbr\u003ediscovered the donkey fled an abusive owner, Kip's father finally relents, \u003cbr\u003ereluctantly allowing him to stay.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKip is elated when her grandfather agrees to help her foster\u003cbr\u003ethe donkey, who she names \"Liberty Biscuit,\" along with two emaciated horses\u003cbr\u003eremoved by the local sheriff from the same home, as the cruelty case goes to\u003cbr\u003ecourt. While caring for the animals, Kip's happiness is overshadowed by a\u003cbr\u003eshocking discovery in a trunk in the family farm's hayloft--a faded photograph\u003cbr\u003eof her father as a boy that reveals secrets long kept.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA court order to return the horses, and even worse, Kip's\u003cbr\u003ebeloved Liberty Biscuit, to the owner who had starved and beaten them, throws Kip's\u003cbr\u003eworld into turmoil. She knows she must find a way to keep them, or she will\u003cbr\u003ehave betrayed the best friend she has ever had. But saving the animals means\u003cbr\u003erisking the complete unraveling of her family as she exposes the long-buried\u003cbr\u003etruth about a tragic accident and a hurt like she's never known before. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trafalgar Square Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646011254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Melanie Sue Bowles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51334159630517,"sku":"9781646011254","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4a1c9dcb-ef52-4260-a7f9-9c67e721c2f4.jpg?v=1752583982","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/liberty-biscuit-9781646011254","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}