{"product_id":"9780997020700","title":"Nickel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BOOKLIST Best Young Adult Book of 2016 and a Top 10 Romance for Youth\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBEING A TEENAGER is hard enough without your mother in rehab and your slightly inept stepfather doing his best not to screw things up. But at least, Coy has Monroe. Coy is a quirky teenage boy and his best friend Monroe is a girl who is just as odd and funny and obsessed with 80’s culture as he is. So when Monroe comes down with a mysterious illness, his inner turmoil only grows. As Monroe gets sicker and Coy gets a girlfriend from another social crowd, the balance tips and Coy has to figure out how not to give up on his friend, his family, or himself. \u003ci\u003eNickel\u003c\/i\u003e is a hilarious, heartbreaking and honest portrayal of the complicated world of being a teenager today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“No one has ever written about the pains of being a teenager–physically and psychologically, inside and out–quite like Robert Wilder in his startling debut novel. He has created indelible characters in Monroe and Coy–funny and sad and strong and broken–and \u003ci\u003eNICKEL\u003c\/i\u003e is about as real as it gets.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e–AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eRunning With Scissors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leaf Storm Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014134218992,"sku":"9780997020700","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780997020700_p0.jpg?v=1763901698","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780997020700","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}