{"product_id":"9780878393602","title":"Buffalo Ridge: A Novel","description":"The Buffalo Ridge is a 150-mile outcrop of rocks and glacial drift nearly a thousand feet above the prairie, traversing eastern South Dakota and southwestern Minnesota. It withstood a torrent of glacial meltwater twelve thousand years ago and still survives. Like the ridge, a young family struggles against an onslaught of near glacial proportions: drugs, debt, past mistakes, injustice, betrayal, and the forces of nature. The prose of Buffalo Ridge is clear, original, and G-rated—cross-over fiction suitable for teens and adults. The plot deals with conventional versus organic agriculture, the scourge of drugs—in this case meth—injustice, child welfare, and salt-of-the-earth, ordinary people trying to survive. The characters are believable. Readers can identify with their struggles and triumphs, trying to make a living, facing temptation, showing strength, weakness, humor, and are sustained by community, religious faith, and the importance of family.","brand":"North Star Press of Saint Cloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016024310000,"sku":"9780878393602","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780878393602_p0.jpg?v=1763846606","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780878393602","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}