{"product_id":"9781554551453","title":"The Present Tense of Prinny Murphy","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnn Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature Winner, 2010 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the 2011 USBBY Outstanding International Books honor list \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2010 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award Nominee \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Resource Links Best Books of 2009 list \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2010 OLA Best Bets -Children's Fiction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award 2011 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn VOYA's Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers 2010 list \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosette Frank Award nominee, by the Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education, 2011 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Present Tense of Prinny Murphy\u003c\/i\u003e picks up the story where \u003ci\u003eThe Nine Lives of Travis Keating\u003c\/i\u003e leaves off - but this time, from the perspective of Prinny, Travis's friend. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn alcoholic mother, a distracted father, a best friend who spends all his time with his new \"girlfriend\", and three relentless schoolyard bullies: Prinny Murphy's past, present, and future certainly are \"tense.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdding to her misery, she still can't read well enough to escape from remedial lessons with the dour Mrs.Dooks. But when a kindly substitute teacher introduces her to LaVaughn's inner-city world in the free verse novel, Make Lemonade, Prinny discovers that life can be full of possibilities - and poetry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fitzhenry \u0026 Whiteside, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50085576835312,"sku":"9781554551453","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781554551453","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}