{"product_id":"9781491742303","title":"Water Spies: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree unlikely conspirators—an eleven-year-old girl, a retired government investigator, and an activist teacher--work together to block the privatization of a local spring for profit--by initiating action to prevent an out-of-town investor from establishing a water bottling plant.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eTheir collaboration, within the contexts of community organizing and a natural disaster, leads to meaningful transformation for each of them. How they come to trust and depend upon each other provides a wellspring for wider, and riskier, actions. Their exchanges, in the contexts of community organizing and a natural disaster, lead to meaningful transformation for each of them.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eA tribute to the power and mystery of water.\u003c\/p\u003e   “The largeness of spirit, thought, and heart is so clear in \u003ci\u003eWater Spies\u003c\/i\u003e.” --Shirley Glubka, author of Return to a Meadow","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157066432752,"sku":"9781491742303","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781491742303_p0.jpg?v=1763659438","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781491742303","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}