{"product_id":"the-kestrel-9780141310695","title":"The Kestrel","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe second book of Lloyd Alexander's Westmark Trilogy explores the darker side of humanity and will leave you questioning everything.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheo is traveling Westmark, learning about the country of which he will soon be Prince Consort. He is not surprised to find great poverty-Mickle (now known as Princess Augusta) could have told him that from her years on the street. His friend Florian could have told him about the aristocracy's graft and corruption. But neither could have foreseen a loaded pistol in the practiced hand of the assassin Skeit. The echoes of that shot ring from the muskets and cannons of a Westmark suddenly at war--a war that turns simple, honest men into cold-blooded killers, Mickle into a military commander, and Theo himself into a stranger . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The plot is magnificent, the characterizations are excellent, and the issues are compelling.\"--\u003ci\u003eChildren's Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Mass Market Paperbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Firebird\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780141310695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.26h x 4.20w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e6615 \/ Kestrel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.2 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 9\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lloyd Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52181246476469,"sku":"9780141310695","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_93c3a867-ecf9-47f6-ab21-278743acbbfa.jpg?v=1768922324","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-kestrel-9780141310695","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}