{"product_id":"emergency-contact-paperback","title":"Emergency Contact - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary H. K. Choi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Smart and funny, with characters so real and vulnerable, you want to send them care packages. I loved this book.\" --Rainbow Rowell\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom debut author Mary H.K. Choi comes a compulsively readable novel that shows young love in all its awkward glory--perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eEleanor \u0026amp; Park \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTo All the Boys I've Loved Before\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Penny Lee, high school was a total nonevent. Her friends were okay, her grades were fine, and while she'd somehow landed a boyfriend, they never managed to know much about each other. Now Penny is heading to college in Austin, Texas, to learn how to become a writer. It's seventy-nine miles and a zillion light years away from everything she can't wait to leave behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSam's stuck. Literally, figuratively, emotionally, financially. He works at a café and sleeps there too, on a mattress on the floor of an empty storage room upstairs. He knows that this is the god-awful chapter of his life that will serve as inspiration for when he's a famous movie director but right this second the seventeen bucks in his checking account and his dying laptop are really testing him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Sam and Penny cross paths it's less meet-cute and more a collision of unbearable awkwardness. Still, they swap numbers and stay in touch--via text--and soon become digitally inseparable, sharing their deepest anxieties and secret dreams without the humiliating weirdness of having to, you know, \u003ci\u003esee\u003c\/i\u003e each other.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary H.K. Choi is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEmergency Contact\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePermanent Record\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eYolk\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the host of, \u003ci\u003eHey, Cool Job\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e!\u003c\/i\u003e, a podcast about jobs and \u003ci\u003eHey, Cool Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e!\u003c\/i\u003e, a micro-pod about mental health and creativity. Her writing has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Follow her on Twitter @ChoitotheWorld.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Emergency Contact\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.1\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42690861531199,"sku":"9781534408975","price":16.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3519a17ead31c5300daac63fb4503a60.webp?v=1764990357","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/emergency-contact-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}