{"product_id":"sunshine-isbn-9780515138818","title":"Sunshine","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom  award-winning and national bestselling author, Robin McKinley, comes  this dark, sensual vampire fairy tale. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sunshine”  is what everyone calls her.  She works long hours in her family’s  coffeehouse, making her famous “Cinnamon Rolls as Big as Your Head,”  Bitter Chocolate Death, Caramel Cataclysm, and other sugar-shock  specials that keep the customers coming.  She’s happy in her  bakery—which her stepfather built specially for her—but sometimes she  feels that she should have life outside the coffeehouse. One evening  she drives out to the lake to get away from her family, to be alone.   There hasn’t been any trouble at the lake for years.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut there  is trouble that night for Sunshine.  She is abducted by a gang of  vampires who shackle her to the wall of an abandoned mansion, within  easy reach of a figure stirring in the moonlight.  Sunshine knows that  he is a vampire and that she is to be his dinner.  Yet when dawn breaks  he has not attempted to harm her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd now he needs her help to survive the day...\"Fabulous, fascinating, and a whole lot of fun. Step into Robin McKinley's thrilling, beautifully described world, where you will meet some interesting vampires and a lady who can deal with the creatures of the night.\" \u003cb\u003e—Jayne Ann Krentz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I had no idea that blood and dessert could go together so well. I loved it!\" \u003cb\u003e—Amber Benson, \"Tara\" on Buffy the Vampire Slayer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Buffyesque baker Rae \"Sunshine\" Seddon meets Count Dracula's hunky Byronic cousin in Newbery-Award-winner McKinley's first adult-and-then-some romp through the darkling streets of a spooky post-Voodoo Wars world...Most of the charm of this long venture into magic maturation derives from McKinley's keen ear and sensitive atmospherics, deft characterizations and clever juxtapositions of reality and the supernatural...McKinley knows very well—and makes her readers believe—that 'the insides of our own minds are the scariest things there are.'\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(Starred Review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Smart, dark, and riveting. Sunshine is quite possibly the best vampire book published in my lifetime.\" \u003cb\u003e—Melissa Marr, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWicked Lovely\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A luminous, entrancing novel with an enthralling pair of characters at its heart.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A smart, funny tale of suspense and romance.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Before reading \u003ci\u003eSunshine\u003c\/i\u003e, I had no idea that blood and dessert could go together so well.” \u003cb\u003e—Amber Benson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“McKinley [balances] the dark drama with light touches of humor. Fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer will feel at home, but McKinley’s novel has its own originality and depth.” \u003cb\u003e—O\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003erlando Sentinel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A dark, sensual vampire fairy tale.” \u003cb\u003e—This Week Newspapers (Ohio)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSunshine\u003c\/i\u003e has magic in every word.” \u003cb\u003e—Sherrilyn Kenyon, New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSunshine\u003c\/i\u003e takes everything we have always known about the menacing eroticism of pale men with sharp teeth and throw it up into the air.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTime Out \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRobin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal for \u003ci\u003eThe Hero and the Crown\u003c\/i\u003e and a Newbery Honor for \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Sword\u003c\/i\u003e. Her other books include \u003ci\u003eSunshine\u003c\/i\u003e; the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eSpindle's End\u003c\/i\u003e; two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale \u003ci\u003eBeauty and the Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeauty and Rose Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e; and a retelling of the \u003ci\u003eRobin Hood\u003c\/i\u003e legend, \u003ci\u003eThe Outlaws of Sherwood\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives with her husband, the English writer Peter Dickinson.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301303242981,"sku":"NP9780515138818","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780515138818.jpg?v=1767737544","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/sunshine-isbn-9780515138818","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}