{"product_id":"whistling-past-the-graveyard-9781476740041","title":"Whistling Past the Graveyard by Crandall, Susan","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom an award-winning author comes a wise and tender coming-of-age story about a nine-year-old girl who runs away from her Mississippi home in 1963, befriends a lonely woman suffering loss and abuse, and embarks on a life-changing road trip.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhistling past the graveyard. That's what Daddy called it when you did something to keep your mind off your most worstest fear...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the summer of 1963, nine-year-old Starla Claudelle runs away from her strict grandmother's Mississippi home. Starla's destination is Nashville, where her mother went to become a famous singer, abandoning Starla when she was three. Walking a lonely country road, Starla accepts a ride from Eula, a black woman traveling alone with a white baby. Now, on the road trip that will change her life forever, Starla sees for the first time life as it really is--as she reaches for a dream of how it could one day be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Crandall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476740041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e171634 \/ Whistling Past the Graveyard\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43655724499097,"sku":"9781476740041","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_3e5d8474-4bf8-47ed-9190-a8d1f4c6d7a0.jpg?v=1724686774","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/whistling-past-the-graveyard-9781476740041","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}