{"product_id":"the-wrong-way-home-isbn-9780593650769","title":"The Wrong Way Home","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwelve-year-old Fern believes she's living a noble life--but what if everything she's been told is a lie? This is a huge-hearted story about a girl learning to question everything—and to trust in herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA NEWBERY HONOR BOOK • A CALIBA GOLDEN POPPY AWARD FINALIST • A KIRKUS REVIEWS AND BOOKLIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFern’s lived at the Ranch, an off-the-grid, sustainable community in upstate New York, since she was six. The work is hard, but Fern admires the Ranch's leader, Dr. Ben. So when Fern’s mother sneaks them away in the middle of the night and says Dr. Ben is dangerous, Fern doesn't believe it. She wants desperately to go back, but her mom just keeps driving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuddenly thrust into the treacherous, toxic, outside world, Fern can think only of how to get home. She has a plan, but it will take time. As that time goes by, though, Fern realizes there are things she will miss from this place—the library, a friend from school, the ocean—and there are things she learned at the Ranch that are just...not true.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow Fern will have to decide. How much is she willing to give up to return to the Ranch? Should she trust Dr. Ben’s vision for her life? Or listen to the growing feeling that she can live by her \u003ci\u003eown\u003c\/i\u003e rules?★ \"\u003cb\u003eGripping\u003c\/b\u003e. A strong, emotionally intelligent story.\" \u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews,\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e★ \"The \u003cb\u003esuspenseful\u003c\/b\u003e story is immediately intriguing, skillfully conveying the high-stakes situation and effortlessly drawing the audience in. \u003cb\u003eA tremendous testament to the power in plotting your own course.\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e—Booklist, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e★ \"\u003cb\u003eLovingly crafted with depth and compassion\u003c\/b\u003e. Nuance suffuses this story of discovery, as Fern’s blind faith grows tenuous.\" \u003cbr\u003e— Bulletin, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Driven by a growing self-awareness that she can choose who and what she believes, this is \u003cb\u003ea moving portrait of a girl undergoing drastic change\u003c\/b\u003e.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This coming-of-age story centers a girl trying to decide what is right as she struggles to change from one culture to another. The first-person narrative is believable and \u003cb\u003ethought-provoking\u003c\/b\u003e as Fern reconsiders everything she’s thought to be true.\" —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eA cleverly written and supremely literary story\u003c\/b\u003e, while also remaining pretty gripping in its telling.” —\u003ci\u003eSLJ's Fuse 8\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"O’Shaughnessy presents \u003cb\u003ea high stakes situation\u003c\/b\u003e and zeroes in on a child narrator’s believable emotions. That tight focus on the narrator even when she is misguided or doesn’t have all the facts \u003cb\u003eallows readers to draw their own conclusions.\u003c\/b\u003e\" — \u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Kate O’Shaughnessy is an \u003cb\u003eextraordinarily talented author \u003c\/b\u003ewhose gift is an innate understanding of the inner life of twelve-year-olds.” \u003cbr\u003e—Gennifer Choldenko, Newbery Honor Winner for \u003ci\u003eAl Capone Does My Shirts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“To leave behind a world that seems totally secure and safe and comfortable, for a world in which you make your own decisions and claim your own life—that is one of our great journeys. In \u003ci\u003eThe Wrong Way Home,\u003c\/i\u003e Fern has to battle her own fear, elaborate illusions, misunderstandings, and the past mistakes of others to get on with that journey—and, dear reader, \u003cb\u003eyou will not be able to turn the pages fast enough\u003c\/b\u003e to see if she makes it. \u003cb\u003ePlan on reading this in one sitting; matters of the human soul don't bear interruption\u003c\/b\u003e.” \u003cbr\u003e—Gary D. Schmidt, Newbery Honor Winner for \u003ci\u003eThe Wednesday Wars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Young \u003cb\u003ereaders will cheer for Fern\u003c\/b\u003e as she finds the courage to confront the troubling doctrines she has been raised with and reinvent her ideas of home.” \u003cbr\u003e—Jacquetta Nammar Feldman, author of\u003ci\u003e Wishing Upon the Same Stars \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Puttermans Are in the House\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Yearling","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300812280037,"sku":"NP9780593650769","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593650769.jpg?v=1767742345","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-wrong-way-home-isbn-9780593650769","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}