{"product_id":"9780385736930","title":"Texas Gothic","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmy Goodnight knows that the world isn't as simple as it seems. She also understands that \"normal\" doesn't mix with magic, and she's worked hard to build a wall between the two worlds. Not only to protect her family, who are all practicing witches, but to protect any hope of ever having a normal life herself.\u003cbr\u003e   Ranch-sitting for her aunt in Texas should be exactly that: good old ordinary, uneventful hard work. Only, Amy and her sister, Phin, aren't alone. There's someone else in the house with them—and it's not the living, breathing, amazingly hot cowboy from the ranch next door.\u003cbr\u003e   It's a ghost, and it's more powerful than the Goodnights and all their protective spells combined. It wants something from Amy, and none of her carefully built defenses can hold it back.\u003cbr\u003e   This is the summer when the wall between Amy's worlds is going to come crashing down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Texas Gothic:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[\u003cb\u003eStar\u003c\/b\u003e] \"You can't get much more Nancy Drew. . . . This engaging mystery has plenty of both paranormal and romance, spiced with loving families and satisfyingly packed with self-sufficient, competent girls.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[\u003cb\u003eStar\u003c\/b\u003e] \"Teens looking for a rollicking adventure filled with paranormal events, dastardly evildoers, and laugh-out-loud moments as Amy and Ben argue and snipe their way to love will adore this book.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The author mixes suspense, humor, and lots of local flavor. . . . The enjoyable sum is a lively teen ghost story with sex appeal.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A deeply affectionate rendering of Texas landscapes and legends combines with an appealing cast of well-developed characters to give texture to this well-plotted mystery; truly scary moments are balanced by the humorous bumbles of the awkwardly developing romance between Amy and Ben, as well as Phin's sublime cluelessness about the way her eccentricities appear to other people.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010979545328,"sku":"9780385736930","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780385736930_p0.jpg?v=1763695301","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780385736930","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}