{"product_id":"light-from-a-distant-star-isbn-9780307451880","title":"Light from a Distant Star","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLight from a Distant Star\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping coming-of-age story with a brutal murder at its heart and a heroine as unforgettable as Harper Lee’s \"Scout.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is early summer and Nellie Peck is on the cusp of adolescence--gangly, awkward, full of questions, but keenly observant and wiser than many of the adults in her life. The person she most admires is her father, Benjamin, a man of great integrity. His family’s century old hardware store is failing and Nellie’s mother has had to go back to work. Nellie’s older half-sister has launched a disturbing search for her birth father. Often saddled through the long, hot days with her timid younger brother, Henry, Nellie is determined to toughen him up. And herself as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree strangers enter Nellie’s protected life. Brooding Max Devaney is an ex-con who works in her surly grandfather’s junkyard. Reckless Bucky Saltonstall has just arrived from New York City to live with his elderly grandparents. And pretty Dolly Bedelia is a young stripper who rents the family’s small, rear apartment and becomes the titillating focus of Nellie’s eavesdropping.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen violence erupts in the lovely Peck house, the prime suspect seems obvious. Nellie knows who the real murderer is, but is soon silenced by fear and the threat of scandal. The truth, as she sees it, is shocking and unthinkable, and with everyone’s eyes riveted on her in the courtroom, Nellie finds herself seized with doubt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo one will listen. No one believes her, and a man’s life hangs in the balance. A stunning evocation of innocence lost, \u003ci\u003eLight from a Distant Star\u003c\/i\u003e stands as an incredibly moving and powerful novel from one of America's finest writers.\u003ci\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eA timeless and timely look at small town life….Morris' page-turner, (which evokes \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e) will satisfy her fans and send new readers searching for her earlier titles.”--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Morris' finely crafted prose—simple and lyrical—captures perfectly that sliver of pre-adolescence when the very world around us seems to shudder and shift, when the adults we admire suddenly reveal their flaws, and everything we treasure seems to be slipping away.\"--\u003ci\u003eAssociated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A timeless and timely look at small town life….Morris' page-turner, (which evokes \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e) will satisfy her fans and send new readers searching for her earlier titles.”--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mary McGarry Morris doesn't so much tell a story as spin a delicate and powerful web. With her elegant prose, beautifully drawn characters, and perfect pitch dialog, she lured me in.  And with her intense and gripping plot, she had me ensnared.  I was in love with the sensitive, smart and plucky Nellie from the very first moment I met her and I'll be thinking of her for a good long time.  \u003ci\u003eLight From a Distant Star\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful, powerful novel not to be missed.”--Lisa Unger, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFragile\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Literary accolades, film adaptations, praise from Oprah—Andover’s Mary McGarry Morris has earned them all for her suspenseful novels focused on small-town life.\"--\u003ci\u003eBoston Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It’s impossible to set aside “Light From a Distant Star” once you begin...a riveting read.\"--\u003ci\u003eWashington Missourian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARY MCGARRY MORRIS\u003c\/b\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eVanished, \u003c\/i\u003ea National Book Award and PEN\/Faulkner Award finalist;\u003ci\u003e A Dangerous Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, which was chosen by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine as one of the \"Five Best Novels of the Year\" and was made into a major motion picture; and \u003ci\u003eSongs In Ordinary Time\u003c\/i\u003e, which was made into a CBS television movie and was an Oprah Book Club selection. She lives in Massachusetts.","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303112003813,"sku":"NP9780307451880","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780307451880.jpg?v=1767731459","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/light-from-a-distant-star-isbn-9780307451880","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}