{"product_id":"2940170445042","title":"October: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe time: the waning years of the 1990s at the dawn of the millennium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe place: an isolated rural town called Auburn, which could be anywhere at allamp;mdash;a town where everyone knows everyone elseamp;mdash;where dark secrets run through its veins like blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone knows that sixteen-year old Mikey Childress is \"different.\" A target for bullies since he was a small boy, everything Mikey does attracts abuse: the way he walks, the way he talks, the way he looks. Everyone knows he's not like the other boys in Auburnamp;mdash;the boys who play hockey, who fight, the boys who pursue girls. Only his friend Wroxy, a girl almost as isolated as he is, can even guess at the edges of his pain, or the depths of his yearning for love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut even the people who hate Mikey couldn't dream of how many secrets he has, or how badly he could hurt them if he wanted to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil the night Mikey is pushed beyond endurance by his abusers. The night he makes a pact with dark forces older than time to visit a terrible vengeance on his enemies. The night he inadvertently opens a doorway that should never, ever have been opened, and unleashes something into the world that should have remained damned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContains mature themes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156572225776,"sku":"2940170445042","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170445042_p0.jpg?v=1763709958","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170445042","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}