{"product_id":"the-stolen-prince-of-cloudburst-9781646140763","title":"The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst","description":"Esther is a middle child, in her own mind a pale reflection of siblings who are bright, shining stars. Her mother doesn't show the slightest bit of interest, no matter what Esther does. Still, she's content to go back to school, do her best, hang out with her friends, and let others take care of things. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut her best friends aren't AT school when she gets there. Why didn't they tell her they wouldn't be coming back? Why were they silent all summer? But stuff like that happens. And it's bad luck that her new teacher makes Esther the butt of all kinds of jokes. Mrs. Pollock is rumored to be an ogre--and maybe she IS one. Could be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen things go from unfortunate to outright dangerous. The mountains surrounding the school--usually sparkling with glaciers and lakes, alive with Faeries, and sheltering a quaint town with really great bakeries--are now crowded with Shadow Mages, casting a noticeable pall, and clearly--to Esther--signifying something very dark and threatening. As the people she might have depended on to help are either strangely absent or in hiding, it's left to ordinary, middle-child Esther (just Esther) to act. But she'll have to burst out of the box of mediocrity she's been but in, and do something absolutely extraordinary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Jaclyn Moriarty\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMagically uplifting. --The Horn Book, for \u003ci\u003eThe Spellbook of Listen Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e. Moriarty  is] a genre-bending author who gracefully weaves metaphysical questions into outwardly ordinary circumstances. --Publishers Weekly, for \u003ci\u003eA Corner of White\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e★  A] highly entertaining and brilliantly plotted fantasy... With its storytelling aplomb, humor, imagination, and many twists and turns, this novel places Moriarty . . . firmly in Diana Wynne Jones territory.--The Horn Book, starred review for \u003ci\u003eThe Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJaclyn Moriarty makes me laugh, hysterically--and cry, unexpectedly... Startlingly original fantasy. --E. Lockhart, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWe Were Liars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Levine Querido\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646140763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 440","brand":"Jaclyn Moriarty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38607645540533,"sku":"9781646140763","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_afca639d-cd81-4921-9b1f-37d9e2e63287.jpg?v=1614089775","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-stolen-prince-of-cloudburst-9781646140763","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}