{"product_id":"a-northern-light-1","title":"A Northern Light","description":"Carnegie Medal Winner, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Prize Winner One of TIME Magazine's 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time\u003cbr\u003eBorders 2004 Original Voices Award Winner\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2003 by Publishers Weekly, Booklist, School Library Journal, The Irish Times, The Times (London), The Financial Times and The Albany Times-Union.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from the lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in 1906 against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, Jennifer Donnelly's astonishing debut novel effortlessly weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, and real, and wholly original.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes a reader's guide and an interview with the author.","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48298195321087,"sku":"*R0073609*","price":2.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/2989913482242_2c8f0d8c-6cd0-473a-bca8-f0b50561e619.jpg?v=1773774529","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/a-northern-light-1","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}