{"product_id":"the-broken-bridge-isbn-9780679847151","title":"The Broken Bridge","description":"At 16, Ginny finds that her love of painting connects her to the artistic Haitian mother she never knew and eases the isolation she feels as the only mixed-race teen in her Welsh village. When she learns she has a half-brother by her father's first marriage, her world is shattered. Ginny embarks on a quest for the truth that will allow her to claim her artistic heritage--and face her father.\"The emotional truths that Pullman reveals are so heartfelt and raw that they hardly read like fiction.\"--(starred) \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An intriguing mystery that keeps the reader guessing and turning the pages until the very end.\"--\u003ci\u003eHorn Book.  \u003c\/i\u003ePHILIP PULLMAN is one of the most acclaimed writers working today. He is best known for the His Dark Materials trilogy (\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Compass,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass\u003c\/i\u003e), which has been named one of the top 100 novels of all time by \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e and one of the all-time greatest novels by \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also won many distinguished prizes, including the Carnegie Medal for \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Compass \u003c\/i\u003e(and the reader-voted \"Carnegie of Carnegies\" for the best children's book of the past seventy years); the Whitbread (now Costa) Award for \u003ci\u003eThe Amber Spyglass\u003c\/i\u003e; a Booker Prize long-list nomination (\u003ci\u003eThe Amber Spyglass\u003c\/i\u003e); Parents' Choice Gold Awards (\u003ci\u003eThe Subtle Knife\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Amber Spyglass\u003c\/i\u003e); and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, in honor of his body of work. In 2004, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e It has recently been announced that \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, the much anticipated new book from Mr. Pullman, also set in the world of His Dark Materials, will be published as a major work in three parts, with the first part to arrive in October 2017.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Philip Pullman is the author of many other much-lauded novels. Other volumes related to His Dark Materials: \u003ci\u003eLyra’s Oxford, Once Upon a Time in the North\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Collectors\u003c\/i\u003e. For younger readers: \u003ci\u003eI Was a Rat!; Count Karlstein; Two Crafty Criminals; Spring-Heeled Jack, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Scarecrow and His Servant.\u003c\/i\u003e For older readers: the Sally Lockhart quartet: \u003ci\u003eThe Ruby in the Smoke, The Shadow in the North, The Tiger in the Well,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tin Princess\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe White Mercedes\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Philip Pullman lives in Oxford, England. To learn more, please visit philip-pullman.com and hisdarkmaterials.com. Or follow him on Twitter at @PhilipPullman.","brand":"Laurel Leaf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303236554981,"sku":"NP9780679847151","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679847151.jpg?v=1767738540","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-broken-bridge-isbn-9780679847151","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}