{"product_id":"miles-from-ordinary-9781250002600","title":"Miles from Ordinary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Imagine Anna Quindlen or Sue Miller turning her attention to writing a young adult novel, and you have an idea what [Williams] has done for early teen readers...\" --Audrey Couloumbis, author of the Newbery Honor Book \u003ci\u003eGetting Close to Baby \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirteen-year-old Lacey wakes to a beautiful summer morning excited to begin her new job at the library, just as her mother is supposed to start work at the grocery store. Lacey hopes that her mother's ghosts have finally been laid to rest; after all, she \u003ci\u003eseems \u003c\/i\u003eso much better these days, and they really do need the money. But as the hours tick by and memories come flooding back, a day full of hope spins terrifyingly out of control.... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"No one can get inside the head and heart of a 13-year-old girl better than Carol Lynch Williams, and I mean no one,\" said James S. Jacobs, Professor of Children's Literature at Brigham Young University, of her breakout novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Chosen One.\u003c\/i\u003e Now, with \u003ci\u003eMiles from Ordinary, \u003c\/i\u003e this award-winning YA author brings us an equally gripping story of a girl who loves her mother, but must face the truth of what life with that mother means for both of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiles from Ordinary \u003c\/i\u003ewas recently named to The American Libray Associations 2012 list of Best Fiction for Young Adults. \u003ci\u003eThe Chosen One \u003c\/i\u003ewas named one of 2012's Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults by the ALA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol Lynch Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250002600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade Plus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e143377 \/ Miles from Ordinary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Lynch Williams\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of young adult novels including \u003ci\u003eThe Chosen One\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named one of 2010 ALA's \"Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers\" and \"Best Books for Young Adult Readers.\" It also won the Whitney and the Association of Mormon Letters awards for the best young adult fiction of the year, as well as numerous other honors. Williams was the winner of the 2009 PEN\/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship. She grew up in Florida and now lives in Utah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44115559579763,"sku":"9.78125E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_69012f34-551d-49d0-a2d4-225d17346429.jpg?v=1764250638","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/miles-from-ordinary-9781250002600","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}