{"product_id":"9780061957321","title":"Guardian","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are times when a tree can no longer withstand the pain inflicted on it, and the wind will take pity on that tree and topple it over in a mighty storm. All the other trees who witnessed the evil look down upon the fallen tree with envy. They pray for the day when a wind will end their suffering. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI pray for the day when God will end mine. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a time and place without moral conscience, fourteen-year-old Ansel knows what is right and what is true. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it is dangerous to choose honesty, and so he chooses silence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow an innocent man is dead, and Ansel feels the burden of his decision. He must also bear the pain of losing a friend, his family, and the love of a lifetime. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honoree Julius Lester delivers a haunting and poignant novel about what happens when one group of people takes away the humanity of another. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119112372464,"sku":"9780061957321","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061957321_p0.jpg?v=1769910360","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061957321","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}