{"product_id":"9780692375235","title":"Finding Pluck","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont color=\"blue\"\u003eCOMBINING THE LUMINOUS TRADITION OF SOUTHERN FICTION WITH THE ENIGMATIC WORLD OF THE MYSTICAL\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color=\"teal\"\u003eFirst Prize Winner of the William Faulkner Literary Award\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color=\"teal\"\u003eFinalist Next Generation Indie Book Awards\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color=\"red\"\u003eReviewed and \"highly recommended\" by a round table of the American Library Association\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 1995 in North Carolina and high-school student Taylor Hanes is struggling to escape his small-minded dying textile town. He finds his ticket out by lying on the application in order to get a full-ride scholarship to a state university. His actions generate unexpected consequences from his family and his hometown, but worse yet, he awakens the wrath of the scholarship's long dead benefactor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his new life in college he must still contend with the hauntings, but his new girlfriend, a professed witch, and a group of friends ban together to help him unravel the reasons the spirit is restless. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrative deftly moves between the present and when the benefactor attended college in 1927, the pinnacle of the Jazz age and a period of great change and moral conflict. As the friends dig deeper, the story draws parallels in the lives of the characters. This is a coming-of-age novel unlike any other with an unusual twist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraised for it's mystery, drama, honor and romance, Finding Pluck has been hailed as fresh and imaginative, eloquently written, entertaining, delightfully absorbing and with something truly important to say.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color=\"white\"\u003e top ten novels, top 100, best, winner, highest rated, celebrated, Pulitzer, N. Y. Times, best seller, delightful, fun, readable\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pembroke Publications, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50032162439408,"sku":"9780692375235","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780692375235_p0.jpg?v=1784236044","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692375235","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}