{"product_id":"9780375834691","title":"Love Is the Higher Law","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBestselling author David Levithan (\u003ci\u003eEvery Day\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBoy Meets Boy\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWill Grayson, Will Grayson\u003c\/i\u003e with John Green) treats the tragic events of September 11th with care and compassion in this novel of loss and grief, but also of hope and redemption.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFirst there is a Before, and then there is an After. . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lives of three teens—Claire, Jasper, and Peter—are altered forever on September 11, 2001. Claire, a high school junior, has to get to her younger brother in his classroom. Jasper, a college sophomore from Brooklyn, wakes to his parents’ frantic calls from Korea, wondering if he’s okay. Peter, a classmate of Claire’s, has to make his way back to school as everything happens around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are three teens whose intertwining lives are reshaped by this catastrophic event. As each gets to know the other, their moments become wound around each other’s in a way that leads to new understandings, new friendships, and new levels of awareness for the world around them and the people close by.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Levithan has written a novel of loss and grief, but also one of hope and redemption aAs histhe characters slowly learn to move forward in their lives, despite being changed forever, one rule remains: love is indeed the higher law.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A MARGARET A. EDWARDS AWARD WINNER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010975940848,"sku":"9780375834691","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780375834691_p0.jpg?v=1763693053","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780375834691","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}