{"product_id":"never-so-green-9780374355098","title":"Never So Green","description":"\u003cp\u003eSchools out in Big River  Iowa  and Tex Donleavy  a kid who keeps his nose in the books and his deformed right hand deep in his pocket  is looking forward to a blissful summer in the company of Linda Volesky  the vivacious beauty who happens to be his fathers girlfriend. Instead  Tex gets dumped on his mothers doorstep  where Farley Dickerson  the big oaf shes just married  and his two kids have made themselves at home. Nobodys more surprised than Tex  then  when he discovers he likes his new stepfather  that he actually wants to spend the summer at Moms  and that he - Tex Donleavy - is going to play ball on Farleys Little League team. And then theres the plucky and brooding Jack  Farleys daughter  who becomes Texs closest ally  as well as his greatest source of confusion. In all  its shaping up to be a summer full of surprises - though nothing can prepare Tex for the biggest surprise of all  a secret so terrible that it will change the lives of every member of his family.  Through his careful  lyrical prose  Tim Johnston expertly balances the pain of inching toward maturity with sly humor  making his fiction debut an auspicious occasion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45650323865653,"sku":"ByrdShop_0374355096","price":102.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780374355098.jpg?v=1781794320","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/never-so-green-9780374355098","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}