{"product_id":"9780547501680","title":"Pigeon English","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMan Booker Prize Finalist: A “winning and ingenious” novel about an eleven-year-old immigrant boy trying to solve a murder (\u003ci\u003eThe Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Lying in front of Harrison Opoku is a body. It is the body of one of his classmates, a boy known for his incredible basketball skills, who seems to have been murdered for his dinner.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Armed with a pair of camouflage binoculars and techniques absorbed from television shows like \u003ci\u003eCSI\u003c\/i\u003e, Harri and his best friend, Dean, plot to bring the perpetrator to justice. They gather evidence—fingerprints lifted with tape, a wallet stained with blood—and lay traps to flush out the killer. But nothing can prepare them for what happens when a criminal feels you closing in.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Recently emigrated from Ghana with his sister and mother to South London’s enormous housing projects, Harri is obsessed with gummy candy, friendly to the pigeon who visits his balcony, is quite possibly the fastest runner in his school, and is clearly also fast on the trail of a murderer. “[A] work of deep sympathy and imagination,” \u003ci\u003ePigeon English \u003c\/i\u003eis a tale of friendship and adventure, as Harri finds wonder, mystery, and danger in his new, ever-expanding world (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003ePigeon English\u003c\/i\u003e is a book to fall in love with: a funny book, a true book, a shattering book. . . . If you loved Mark Haddon’s \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time\u003c\/i\u003e or Emma Donoghue’s Man Booker–shortlisted \u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e, you’ll love this book too.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Convincingly evokes life on the edge . . . The humour, the resilience, the sheer ebullience of its narrator—a hero for our times—should ensure the book becomes, deservedly, a classic.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Mail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Continually surprising and endearing . . . There’s a sweetness here that’s irresistible.” —\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Funny and poignant . . . What might be described as \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Wimpy Kid\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e.” —\u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Since Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, there have been certain rules observed when children play detective. Stephen Kelman throws them all out . . . The mystery is secondary to the pleasures of listening to Harri.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180587335920,"sku":"9780547501680","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547501680_p0.jpg?v=1769896308","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547501680","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}