{"product_id":"tales-of-the-great-beasts-spirit-animals-special-edition-isbn-9780545695169","title":"Tales of the Great Beasts (Spirit Animals: Special Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e      Dive, run, and soar through this exhilarating special edition in the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling series, with a story by WILD BORN author, Brandon Mull.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBriggan the Wolf, Uraza the Leopard, Jhi the Panda, and Essix the Falcon -- the Four Fallen. Long before they were spirit animals, they roamed the wilds as Great Beasts, the most powerful beings in Erdas. When a mad king arose, the four banded together with an army of humans and animals to defeat him. But they weren't the only Great Beasts in the war. A deadly scheme was already underway, hatched by two of their own. To save their world, the four had to give up their lives.These are the lost stories of the most selfless acts of bravery that Erdas has ever seen, and the secret betrayal that started it all. These are TALES OF THE GREAT BEASTS.     \u003c\/div\u003e | \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for Spirit Animals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mull kicks off the multiplatform Spirit Animals series with an exciting first installment.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mull masterfully draws readers in . . . [they] will have a hard time putting this book down.\" —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An insightful look at what it means to be a hero, with the glory it brings and the sacrifice it demands. The accompanying game offers an exciting off-page experience.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e | \u003cdiv\u003e      Billy Merrell is the author of Talking in the Dark, a poetry memoir published when he was twenty-one, and is the co-editor (with David Levithan) of \u003ci\u003eThe Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing About Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities\u003c\/i\u003e, which received a Lambda Literary Award. Merrell is also a contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling series Spirit Animals, and has published fiction, poetry, and translations in various journals and anthologies. Born in 1982, he grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, and received his MFA in Poetry from Columbia University. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his husband, author Nico Medina.     \u003cbr\u003e      Brandon Mull is the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of the Five Kingdoms, Fablehaven, and Beyonders series. As a kid, he had a dog, a cat, a horse, some goldfish (won at a school carnival), and briefly a tarantula (captured in his neighborhood). He now lives in Utah with his wife, four kids, and the family dog. Learn more about him at brandonmull.com.     \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNICK ELIOPULOS\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eSpirit Animals: The Book of Shane\u003c\/i\u003e, a series of e-novellas set in the world of the bestselling multi-platform series. His short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eSpirit Animals: Tales of the Great Beasts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStuck in the Middle: Seventeen Comics from an Unpleasant Age\u003c\/i\u003e. An avid fan of comics, games, and monster movies, he lives in Brooklyn and works in Manhattan as an editor of books for kids and teens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e      Gavin Brown has written stories and designed games for the bestselling Spirit Animals and The 39 Clues series, and is the creator of the highly rated iOS and Android game \u003ci\u003eBlindscape\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in a narrow apartment in New York City's East Village.     \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Scholastic Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46551641882853,"sku":"NP9780545695169","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/tales-of-the-great-beasts-spirit-animals-special-edition-isbn-9780545695169","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}