{"product_id":"trowbridge-road-paperback","title":"Trowbridge Road - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarcella Pixley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2020 National Book Award Long List Selection\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2020 \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eReading Group Choices\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2020 \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eMighty Girl\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2020 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a stunning novel set in the 1980s, a girl with heavy secrets awakens her sleepy street to the complexities of love and courage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the summer of '83 on Trowbridge Road, and June Bug Jordan is hungry. Months after her father's death from complications from AIDS, her mother has stopped cooking and refuses to leave the house, instead locking herself away to scour at the germs she believes are everywhere. June Bug threatens this precarious existence by going out into the neighborhood, gradually befriending Ziggy, an imaginative boy who is living with his Nana Jean after experiencing troubles of his own. But as June Bug's connection to the world grows stronger, her mother's grows more distant -- even dangerous -- pushing June Bug to choose between truth and healing and the only home she has ever known. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrowbridge Road\u003c\/i\u003e paints an unwavering portrait of a girl and her family touched by mental illness and grief. Set in the Boston suburbs during the first years of the AIDS epidemic, the novel explores how a seemingly perfect neighborhood can contain restless ghosts and unspoken secrets. Written with deep insight and subtle lyricism by acclaimed author Marcella Pixley, \u003ci\u003eTrowbridge Road\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates our power to rescue one another even when our hearts are broken.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcella Pixley\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three highly praised books for young adults that have received multiple starred reviews, including \u003ci\u003eReady to Fall\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for poetry and earned a master's from Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College. She teaches writing to middle-schoolers in Massachusetts, where she lives with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2022\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 Trowbridge Road\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696735359039,"sku":"9781536226003","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/237da939a569247c31e06c81dd84558a.webp?v=1765007155","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/trowbridge-road-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}