{"product_id":"free-verse-9780147509154","title":"Free Verse","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sarah Dooley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Puffin Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Puffin Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA critically-acclaimed tale \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003efor fans of Sharon Creech's \u003ci\u003eWalk Two Moon\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003es. S\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eet in a West Virginia coal-mining town, this is part \u003ci\u003eOne for the Murphys \u003c\/i\u003eand part \u003ci\u003eLocomotion.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen her brother Michael dies in a fire, Sasha Harless has no one left and nowhere to turn. He'd been her caretaker since their mother ran off and their father died in the mines. And before his accident, Michael made Sasha promise him that she would leave Caboose, West Virginia for a better life someday. Now, she's in foster care, feeling more stuck and broken than ever.\u003cbr\u003e Trying to cope with her brother's death, Sasha returns to school and is introduced to poetry and finds it's a new way to express herself when spoken words just won't do. She even discovers family she didn't know she had, including a younger Mikey Harless, who's just as broken as she is. But just as she's settling into her new life, tragedy strikes the mine her cousin works in. While fearing the worst, Sasha takes Mikey and finally makes her escape. But will running from Caboose really fix the pain in Sasha's life, or will she have to discover a new way to heal? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFree Verse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ewas the 2012 winner of the Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship through the PEN American Center \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Puffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45083827437719,"sku":"9780147509154","price":375.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780147509154.webp?v=1767636156","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/free-verse-9780147509154","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}