{"product_id":"the-orphan-band-of-springdale","title":"The Orphan Band of Springdale","description":"\u003cp\u003eNesbet deftly weaves disparate elements  music  orphans  labor unions  carrier pigeons  and a magic wish  into a richly developed story.  Publishers Weekly (starred review)  Its 1941  and tensions are rising in the United States as the Second World War rages in Europe. Eleven-year-old Gustas life  like the world around her  is about to change. Her father  a foreign-born labor organizer  has fled the country  and Gusta has been sent to live in an orphanage run by her grandmother. Nearsighted  snaggletoothed Gusta arrives in Springdale  Maine  lugging her one precious possession: a beloved old French horn  her sole memento of her father. But in a family thats long on troubles and short on money  how can a girl hang on to something so valuable and yet so useless when Gustas mill-worker uncle needs surgery to fix his mangled hand? Inspired by her mothers fanciful stories  Gusta secretly hopes to find the coin-like Wish that her sea-captain grandfather supposedly left hidden. Meanwhile  even as Gusta gets to know the rambunctious orphans at the home  she feels like an outsider  and finds herself facing patriotism turned to prejudice  alien registration drives  and a family secret likely to turn the small town upside down.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44968033321013,"sku":"ByrdShop_1536213195","price":58.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781536213195.jpg?v=1770644675","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-orphan-band-of-springdale","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}