{"product_id":"journey-isbn-9780440408093","title":"Journey","description":"Journey is eleven the summer his mother leaves him and his sister, Cat, with their grandparents. He is sad and angry, and spends the summer looking for the clues that will explain why she left.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJourney searches photographs for answers. He hunts family resemblances in Grandma's albums. Looking for happier times, he tries to put together the torn pieces of the pictures his mother shredded before her departure. And he also searches the photographs his grandfather takes as the older man attempts to provide Journey with a past. In the process, the boy learns to look and finds that, for him, the camera is a means of finding things his naked eye has missed--things like inevitability of his mother's departure and the love that still binds his family.\u003cb\u003ePatricia Maclachlan\u003c\/b\u003e, the author of numerous picture books and novels for children, is best known for her Newbery Medal–winning novel \u003ci\u003eSarah, Plain and Tall.\u003c\/i\u003e Her other works include \u003ci\u003eJourney\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBaby\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWaiting for the Magic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cu\u003e,\u003c\/u\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKindred Souls.\u003c\/i\u003e Born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, she attended the University of Connecticut and now lives in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, with her husband.","brand":"Yearling","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304110739685,"sku":"NP9780440408093","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780440408093.jpg?v=1767730477","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/journey-isbn-9780440408093","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}