{"product_id":"9780881843514","title":"The Dreaming Jewels","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Life Achievement Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the masters of modern science fiction.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight-year-old Horty Bluett has never known love. His adoptive parents are violent; his classmates are cruel. So he runs away from home and joins a carnival. Performing alongside the fireaters, snakemen and \"little people,\" Horty is accepted. But he is not safe. For when he loses three fingers in an accident and they grow back, it becomes clear that Horty is not like other boys. And it is a difference some people might want to use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut his difference risks not only his own life but the lives of the outcasts who provided for him, for so many years, with a place to call home. In \u003cb\u003eThe Dreaming Jewels\u003c\/b\u003e, Theodore Sturgeon renders the multiple wounds of loneliness, fear, and persecution with uncanny precision. Vividly drawn, expertly plotted, \u003cb\u003eThe Dreaming Jewels\u003c\/b\u003e is a Sturgeon masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An intensely written novel and very moving novel of love and retribution.\"—\u003ci\u003eWashington Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Avalon Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027878134000,"sku":"9780881843514","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780881843514_p0.gif?v=1763854244","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780881843514","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}