{"product_id":"9780060596378","title":"Abarat","description":"Candy Quackenbush from Chickentown, U.S.A., is about to embark on an epic journey that will change her boring life forever. Fate thrusts her over the magical threshold of a forgotten world, as she dives from a barren field in Minnesota into the enormous Sea of Izabella. From there she is swept to the twenty-five islands of the Abarat, a world like nothing she has ever seen...or has she? Candy encounters sorcery, mystery, and fantastical characters -- both friend and foe -- as she tries to piece together why she has come to this place, and why the evil Lord Carrion desperately wants to track her down.\u003cp\u003e    \u003ci\u003eAbarat\u003c\/i\u003e is the first installment of the unprecedented \u003ci\u003eThe Books of Abarat\u003c\/i\u003e. Over a hundred full-color images painted by Mr. Barker illuminate this remarkably imaginative text.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021771161840,"sku":"9780060596378","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060596378","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}