{"product_id":"the-blue-sky-9781571311399","title":"The Blue Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the high Altai Mountains of northern Mongolia, a young shepherd boy comes of age, tending his family's flocks on the mountain steppes. Knowing little of the world beyond the surrounding peaks, his nomadic way of life is disrupted by modernity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThis confrontation comes in stages. First, his older siblings leave the family yurt to attend a distant boarding school. Then the boy's grandmother dies, and with her his connection to the old ways. But perhaps the greatest tragedy strikes when his dog, Arsylang--\"all that was left to me\"--ingests poison set out by the boy's father to protect his herd from wolves. \"Why is it so?\" Dshurukawaa cries out in despair to the Heavenly Blue Sky, to be answered only by the wind. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooted in the oral traditions of the Tuvan people, \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Sky\u003c\/i\u003e weaves the timeless story of a boy poised on the cusp of manhood with the story of a people on the threshold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571311399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e126681 \/ Blue Sky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.1 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade Plus \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 7\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Galsan Tschinag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660144242844,"sku":"9781571311399","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_cde8effb-2968-4f00-96ff-61136d7eee82.jpg?v=1603896199","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-blue-sky-9781571311399","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}