{"product_id":"the-academy-9780451224675","title":"The Academy","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Master of the macabre\" Bentley Little offers a new lesson in fear with this terrifying horror novel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a promise of more freedom and a chance to get out from under the thumb of a reactionary school board, the teachers of Tyler High have voted to become a charter school. Instructors and parents alike are thrilled with the prospect of independence. \u003ci\u003eAnd yet....\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The formerly laid-back principal has become unusually strict. And with her toadying secretary, she seems to be running the show. That isn't all. The janitors no longer work nights because of what they hear. The students are frightened by what they see. And things are happening on school grounds that defy rational explanation. But there is an explanation. It's just not anything that anyone can begin to believe--or hope to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Mass Market Paperbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780451224675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 4.18w x 1.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/02\/2008 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bentley Little","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52679479132341,"sku":"9780451224675","price":7.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_34c7e33a-d0cd-4401-9c24-c83908c89c4d.jpg?v=1781041505","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-academy-9780451224675","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}