{"product_id":"parked-svetcov","title":"Parked","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Rebecca Stead and Joan Bauer comes a scrappy, poignant, uplifting debut about family, friendship, and the importance of learning both how to offer help and how to accept it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A big-hearted novel with characters I wish were my friends in real life.\" —Gennifer Choldenko, author of the Al Capone at Alcatraz series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeanne Ann is smart, stubborn, living in an orange van, and determined to find a permanent address before the start of seventh grade. Cal is awkward, sensitive, living in a humongous house across the street, and determined to save her. Jeanne Ann wants Cal's help just about as much as she wants to live in a van.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the two form a tentative friendship that grows deeper over alternating chapters, they're buoyed by a cast of complex, oddball characters, who let them down, lift them up, and leave you cheering. Debut novelist Danielle Svetcov shines a light on a big problem without a ready answer, pulling it off with the perfect balance of humor, heartbreak, and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Insightful [and] touching...Not to be missed.\" —Karen Cushman, author of The Midwife's Apprentice\u003cbr\u003e\"For readers of Dan Gemeinhart [and] Katherine Applegate.\" —The Children's Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\"You won't be able to put it down. Trust.\" —ScaryMommy.com\u003cbr\u003e\"Relatable and beautifully told.\" —Commonsense Media\u003cbr\u003e\"Pertinent....Honest...Uplifting...Fresh.\" —PW\u003cbr\u003e\"Utterly of this moment.\" —Jack Cheng, author of See You in the Cosmos\u003cbr\u003e\"Absorbing and warmhearted.\" —Annie Barrows, author of the Ivy \u0026amp; Bean series\u003cbr\u003e\"Realistically hopeful...Recommended.\" —SLC\u003cbr\u003e\"Sharp...Perceptive.\" —BCCB\u003cbr\u003e\"Unforgettable.\" —Brightly\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Puffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50141807477013,"sku":"50881160000","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/2470\/9987\/files\/9780399539022.jpg?v=1791679739","url":"https:\/\/topsyturvytoys.pro\/products\/parked-svetcov","provider":"Child's Play Toys and Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}