{"product_id":"9780062190130","title":"The Great Unexpected","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Newbery Medal winner and bestselling author Sharon Creech comes a grand, sweeping yarn that is a celebration of the great and unexpected gifts of love, friendship, and forgiveness. With a starred review from \u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eReviews\u003c\/em\u003e calling it an \"enchanting tale to treasure,\" \u003cem\u003eThe Great Unexpected\u003c\/em\u003e captures the heart and the imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumorous and heartfelt, this is a story of pairs—of young Naomi and Lizzie, both orphans in present-day Blackbird Tree, USA, and of Sybil and Nula, grown-up sisters from faraway Rook's Orchard, Ireland, who have become estranged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung Naomi Deane is brimming with curiosity and her best friend, Lizzie Scatterding, could talk the ears off a cornfield. Naomi has a knack for being around when trouble happens. She knows all the peculiar people in town—like Crazy Cora and Witch Wiggins. But then, one day, a boy drops out of a tree. Just like that. A strangely charming Finn boy. And then the Dingle Dangle man appears, asking all kinds of questions. Curious surprises are revealed—three locked trunks, a pair of rooks, a crooked bridge, and that boy—and soon Naomi and Lizzie find their lives changed forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs two worlds are woven together, Creech reveals that hearts can be mended and that there is indeed a gossamer thread that connects us all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070159339760,"sku":"9780062190130","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062190130_p0.jpg?v=1763626742","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062190130","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}