{"product_id":"winterspell-9781442465985","title":"Winterspell","description":"\u003cb\u003eDarkly romantic and entirely enchanting, this reimagining of \u003ci\u003eThe Nutcracker\u003c\/i\u003e from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Claire Legrand brims with magic, love, and intrigue--and \"includes a Victorian mob princess\/warrior heroine, an alternate New York City, steampunk faeries, and an epic multigenerational battle\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter her mother is brutally murdered, seventeen-year-old Clara Stole is determined to find out what happened to her. Her father, a powerful man with little integrity, is a notorious New York City gang lord in the syndicate-turned-empire called Concordia. And he isn't much help. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut there is something even darker than Concordia's corruption brewing under the surface of the city, something full of vengeance and magic, like the stories Clara's godfather used to tell her when she was a little girl. Then her father is abducted and her little sister's life is threatened, and Clara accidentally frees Nicholas from a statue that has been his prison for years. Nicholas is the rightful prince of Cane, a wintry kingdom that exists beyond the city Clara has known her whole life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Nicholas and Clara journey together to Cane to retrieve her father, Clara encounters Anise, the queen of the faeries, who has ousted the royal family in favor of her own totalitarian, anti-human regime. Clara finds that this new world is not as foreign as she feared, but time is running out for her family, and there is only so much magic can do... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Marissa Meyer (\u003ci\u003eCinder\u003c\/i\u003e) says \"this is not your grandmother's \u003ci\u003eNutcracker\u003c\/i\u003e tale.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442465985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014 pg. 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2014 - Recommended - Better Than Most\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014 pg. 163\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/06\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Claire Legrand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51798490579125,"sku":"9781442465985","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_bda2c7b0-3b77-4b2f-8add-c9bc01ea8f9f.jpg?v=1758638896","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/winterspell-9781442465985","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}