{"product_id":"9781466896321","title":"Keesha's House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable narrative collage told in poems\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eKeesha has found a safe place to live, and other kids gravitate to her house when they just can't make it on their own. They are Stephie – pregnant, trying to make the right decisions for herself and those she cares about; Jason – Stephie's boyfriend, torn between his responsibility to Stephie and the baby and the promise of a college basketball career; Dontay – in foster care while his parents are in prison, feeling unwanted both inside and outside the system; Carmen – arrested on a DUI charge, waiting in a juvenile detention center for a judge to hear her case; Harris – disowned by his father after disclosing that he's gay, living in his car, and taking care of himself; Katie – angry at her mother's loyalty to an abusive stepfather, losing herself in long hours of work and school. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStretching the boundaries of traditional poetic forms – sestinas and sonnets – Helen Frost's extraordinary debut novel for young adults weaves together the stories of these seven teenagers as they courageously struggle to hold their lives together and overcome their difficulties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeesha's House\u003c\/i\u003e is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171787587824,"sku":"9781466896321","price":7.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466896321_p0.jpg?v=1769892344","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466896321","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}