{"product_id":"a-perfect-gentle-knight-isbn-9780735262447","title":"A Perfect Gentle Knight","description":"Kit Pearson’s long-awaited new novel tells the story of the five Bell children, each of them coping in various ways in the aftermath of their mother’s death. Set in the 1950s and seen through the perspective of the middle child, 11-year-old Corrie, Pearson’s story illustrates how a rich fantasy life both helps and hinders children trying to cope with loss, loneliness, and growing up.While elder sister Roz is growing up and out of the desire for fantasy games, eldest brother Sebastian, who fancies himself Sir Lancelot in their Round Table game, continues to need them as much as ever,\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eA Perfect Gentle Knight\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Perfect Gentle Knight\u003c\/i\u003e shows Pearson at her best: Great writing in a great and gritty tale, told with realism and compassion.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hamilton Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Exceptional.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOttawa Citizen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Kit Pearson  \u003c\/b\u003e worked as a librarian for many years before publishing her first novel,  \u003ci\u003e The Daring Game  \u003c\/i\u003e (1986). She went on to write the linked novels  \u003ci\u003e The Sky Is Falling  \u003c\/i\u003e (1989),  \u003ci\u003e Looking at the Moon  \u003c\/i\u003e (1991), and  \u003ci\u003e The Lights Go On Again  \u003c\/i\u003e (1993), published in 1999 as The Guests of War trilogy, and  \u003ci\u003e Awake and Dreaming  \u003c\/i\u003e (1996), which won the Governor General’s Award. Pearson lives in Victoria, close to Ross Bay Cemetery, one of the settings in  \u003ci\u003e Awake and Dreaming \u003c\/i\u003e .","brand":"Puffin Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301010100453,"sku":"NP9780735262447","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780735262447.jpg?v=1767720699","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-perfect-gentle-knight-isbn-9780735262447","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}