{"product_id":"the-secret-wisdom-of-the-earth-9781455551910","title":"The Secret Wisdom of the Earth","description":"\"A marvelous debut...has everything a big, thick novel should have, and I hated to put it down.\" -- John Grisham \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A page-turner.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For readers of \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a dramatic and deeply moving novel about an act of violence in a small Appalachian town and the repercussions that will forever change a young man's view of human cruelty and compassion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After seeing the death of his younger brother in a terrible home accident, fourteen-year-old Kevin and his grieving mother are sent for the summer to live with Kevin's grandfather. In this town of Medgar, Kentucky, a peeled-paint coal town deep in Appalachia, Kevin quickly falls in with a half-wild hollow kid named Buzzy Fink who schools him in the mysteries and magnificence of the woods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The town is beset by a massive mountaintop removal operation that is blowing up the hills and back filling the hollows. Kevin's grandfather and others in town attempt to rally the citizens against the \"company\" and its powerful owner to stop the plunder of their mountain heritage. But when Buzzy witnesses a brutal hate crime, a sequence is set in play that will test Buzzy and Kevin to their absolute limits in an epic struggle for survival in the Kentucky mountains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781455551910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/17\/2016 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Christopher Scotton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39520844972213,"sku":"9781455551910","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_31f6f731-3fdc-4196-be89-df127034d722.jpg?v=1616502298","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-secret-wisdom-of-the-earth-9781455551910","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}