{"product_id":"9780062044327","title":"Familiar and Haunting: Collected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eFamiliar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are stories of everyday life, as familiar as a piece of rope and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... as haunting as fear: Mike knows that he can't swing over the river on the knotted rope, but with everyone watching him, he has to try. ... as haunting as a stranger: Who is the frightened-looking girl stealing plums from Nicky's grandparents' precious tree?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... as haunting as cruelty: How can Joe escape from his mean cousin Dicky during a family reunion?Haunting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd here are stories with a supernatural twist, as haunting as the eerie whistling from the hill above Burnt House in the middle of the night and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... as familiar as guilt: A boy forgets the mysterious bottle his cousin loaned him, but when he sneaks out at night to retrieve it, the shadowy whistlers close in on him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... as familiar as loneliness: A ghost who's unbearably lonesome makes his neighbors suffer until a girl with a sense of the absurd shows him how things could be different.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... as familiar as love: The ghost of a boy comes back to save his father from dying in a ferocious storm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeopled with vivid, unforgettable characters, this collection of thirty-seven stories is by turns mysterious, humorous, strange, and sad, but it is always familiar, always haunting, and always surprising.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47105369309424,"sku":"9780062044327","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062044327_p0.jpg?v=1763626634","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062044327","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}