{"product_id":"9780702259296","title":"Stubborn Seed of Hope","description":"A collection of gripping short stories themed around fear and hope written by internationally acclaimed children's author Brian Falkner. A boy helps his sister disguise her birthmark on her first day of school.  A seventeen-year-old awakens to find himself trapped in an elderly body. A teenage girl discovers her boyfriend has a life-threatening virus the day after they share their first kiss. A high school student tries to communicate to his hospitalised brother who is in a vegetative state. Brian Falkner serves up bite-sized tales of fear – fear of rejection, fear of dying, fear of disease, fear of the unknown, fear of exclusion, fear of being caught and fear of embarrassment – showing how that stubborn seed of hope hungers our darkest moments.","brand":"University of Queensland Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121473077488,"sku":"9780702259296","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780702259296_p0.jpg?v=1763621881","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780702259296","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}