{"product_id":"one-alley-summer-1","title":"One Alley Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeart of a Samurai\u003c\/i\u003e\"I love this book so much I want to live in it.\"—Margi Preus, Newbery Honor winning author of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe summer before middle school is a time of anxiety and change. A pitch-perfect novel in verse about one girl’s wish to simultaneously break free and to belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer before her first year of middle school, word-chanting, rope-skipping Phee skips her way to imagined fame, writes down her innermost secret thoughts from the safety of a treehouse, and imagines in horror that her new classmates will eat her alive. Suddenly, her well-worn alley world feels too small. So when Mercy Jones moves next door, along with Mercy’s skateboard and her don’t-mess-with-me attitude, Phee sees the chance for her universe to expand. Even if it means leaving some things behind . . . It is a time of dares, of a legendary dog named Bull, of stretching comfort zones, and of old friendships made over in new ways. And it all takes place over the course of one alley summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Alley Summer\u003c\/i\u003eis and easily accessible novel in verse for middle grade readers. Phee, as a deeply relatable character and narrator, perfectly captures the universally fraught time of the summer between elementary and middle school, tapping into the anxiety we all know so well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the end, it’s a positive, feel-good story about friendship and growing up that will evoke both joy and nostalgia in older readers, as they recall the summers of their own youth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marble Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53391606907153,"sku":"9781958325407","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/6890\/3185\/files\/cover_6ab80635-55da-46bc-9f0e-7b92624d5248.jpeg?v=1777309807","url":"https:\/\/www.stablebookgroup.com\/products\/one-alley-summer-1","provider":"Stable Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}