{"product_id":"goodbye-stranger-3","title":"Goodbye Stranger","description":"\u003cb\u003e Masterly. . . . Sensitively explores togetherness, aloneness, betrayal and love. \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e2016 Honor Book in Fiction, Boston Globe Horn Book Award\u003cbr\u003eA NYT Editors' Choice and NYT Notable Children's Books of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis brilliant novel by Newbery Medal winner Rebecca Stead explores multiple perspectives on the bonds and limits of friendship.\u003cbr\u003eBridge is an accident survivor who s wondering why she s still alive. Emily has new curves and an almost-boyfriend who wants a certain kind of picture. Tabitha sees through everybody s games or so she tells the world. The three girls are best friends with one rule: No fighting.Can it get them through seventh grade?\u003cbr\u003eThis year everything is different for Sherm Russo as he gets to know Bridge Barsamian. What does it mean to fall for a girl as a friend?\u003cbr\u003eOn Valentine s Day, an unnamed high school girl struggles with a betrayal. How long can she hide in plain sight?\u003cbr\u003eEach memorable character navigates the challenges of love and change in this captivating novel. \u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Stranger\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSix Starred Reviews\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal \u003c\/i\u003eBest Books of 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e Editor s Choice 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e s Fanfare: Best Books of 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eBest Books of 2015\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Children s Books of 2015 \u003cp\u003e This astonishingly profound novel is not your average middle-school friendship tale. \u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred \u003cbr\u003e Stead shows how strongly love of all kinds can smooth the juddering path toward adulthood. Winsome, bighearted, and altogether rewarding. \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred \u003cbr\u003e [Stead] captures the stomach-churning moments of a misstep or an unplanned betrayal and reworks these events with grace, humor, and polish into possibilities for kindness and redemption. Superb. \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred \u003cbr\u003e This memorable story about female friendships, silly bets, different kinds of love, and bad decisions is authentic in detail and emotion. \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred \u003cbr\u003e Filled with humor [and] delightful coincidences. . . . An immensely satisfying addition for Stead s many fans. \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e Starred \u003cbr\u003e\"The author as usual deftly interweaves her plot strands into an organic whole, and between the multifocal plot and the exploration on growth and self-recognition. . .deeply explores mistakes, and forgiveness, and growing away from people as well as toward them.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin, \u003c\/i\u003e Starred \u003cbr\u003e This eloquent story of friendship, first love, and identity will resonate powerfully with readers. \u003ci\u003eVOYA\u003c\/i\u003e, Perfect Ten \u003cbr\u003e\"Stead raises questions about whether a relationship can survive change. If someone makes a mistake, can you forgive the person, if not the act? Can two people reconcile, if they are both willing to process what happened? Or is the change more systemic--has one of you become a stranger? . . . It's a question all of the characters ask themselves at some point in Stead's perfectly synchronized novel.\" \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Turtleback Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67552874660072,"sku":"9780606398732","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/9539\/3512\/files\/imageloader_c6da41f6-3856-4810-893e-eb5aab2cd6a4.jpg?v=1790378703","url":"https:\/\/kuumba-47muwsn1.myshopify.com\/products\/goodbye-stranger-3","provider":"Kuumba","version":"1.0","type":"link"}