{"product_id":"9781554989997","title":"The Hollow under the Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a circus train derails in 1925, a lion escapes and finds shelter in a four-hundred-acre park in the middle of a big city. No one knows about the creature except for Sadie Menken, the feisty daughter of a pie-maker. As various squirrels, dogs and an expensive peacock meet unfortunate ends, and the park “beast” is spotted by visitors, the lion’s presence draws the attention of the authorities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Sadie save the lion? Can she resist the temptation to try to make a pet of a creature that is wild at heart?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat will take the help of some unlikely allies, including her busy pie-making father, Miss Clemons the retired librarian, and a polite but lonely rich boy named Theodore, as Sadie discovers that an “all-right” ending can sometimes be just happy enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story about a child who follows her heart, set at a time when kids were not always under a grownup’s watchful eye, when wild and urban spaces intertwined, and adventure could be found in a city’s back alley, or just past the picnic tables of the local park.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Groundwood Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056276193520,"sku":"9781554989997","price":9.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781554989997_p0.jpg?v=1763756658","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781554989997","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}