{"product_id":"two-girls-staring-at-the-ceiling","title":"Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis novel-in-verseat once literary and emotionally grippingfollows the unfolding friendship between two very different teenage girls who share a hospital room and an illness.  Chess  the narrator  is sick  but with what exactly  she isnt sure. And to make matters worse  she must share a hospital room with Shannon  her polar opposite. Where Chess is polite  Shannon is rude. Where Chess tolerates pain silently  Shannon screams bloody murder. Where Chess seems to be getting slowly better  Shannon seems to be getting worse. How these teenagers become friends  helping each other come to terms with their illness  makes for a dramatic and deeply moving read.  \"An emotional and innovative novel.... There is so much pathos and humor in these two hospital beds.\" E. Lockhart  author of We Were Liars  \"A story told with the utmost economy of languageintense  compelling  and satisfying.\" Susan Patron  author of the Newbery Medal winner The Higher Power of Lucky  \"Riveting  humanizing and real.\" Kirkus Reviews  Starred  \"A raw  unsentimental perspective on the fight to keep an illness from overpowering ones identity.\" Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964457087029,"sku":"ByrdShop_0307979741","price":53.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780307979742.jpg?v=1770461953","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/two-girls-staring-at-the-ceiling","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}