{"product_id":"wildoak-9781338803860","title":"Wildoak","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen the fates of a snow leopard, a child, and an ancient forest collide, the unimaginable can happen. Perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003ePax\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe One and Only Ivan\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Reads like a classic. I loved it!\" -Pam Muñoz Ryan, author of the bestsellers \u003ci\u003eEsperanza Rising\u003c\/i\u003e and the Newbery Honor book \u003ci\u003eEcho\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWildoak\u003c\/i\u003e makes us believe the world may well be as mysterious and as lovely and as possible as we had hoped. -Gary D. Schmidt, author of \u003ci\u003eJust Like That\u003c\/i\u003e and the Newbery Honor book \u003ci\u003eThe Wednesday Wars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Maggie Stephens's stutter makes school especially hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class or calling attention to herself. So when her unsympathetic father threatens to send her away for so-called \"treatment,\" she reluctantly agrees to her mother's intervention plan: a few weeks in the fresh air of Wildoak Forest, visiting a grandfather she hardly knows. It is there, in an extraordinary twist of fate, that she encounters an abandoned snow leopard cub, an exotic gift to a wealthy Londoner that proved too wild to domesticate. But once the cub's presence is discovered by others, danger follows, and Maggie soon realizes that time is running out, not only for the leopard, but for herself and the forest as well. ​ ​Told in alternating voices, \u003ci\u003eWildoak\u003c\/i\u003e shimmers with beauty, compassion, and unforgettable storytelling as it explores the delicate interconnectedness of the human, animal, and natural worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scholastic Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781338803860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"C. C. Harrington","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42303940985013,"sku":"9781338803860","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1cc9b803-0347-4295-9857-f796d0d1df40.jpg?v=1658843761","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/wildoak-9781338803860","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}