{"product_id":"9781616958879","title":"Where the Dead Sit Talking","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in rural Oklahoma during the late 1980s, \u003ci\u003eWhere the Dead Sit Talking\u003c\/i\u003e is a startling, authentically voiced and lyrically written Native American coming-of-age story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care with the Troutt family. Literally and figuratively scarred by his mother’s years of substance abuse, Sequoyah keeps mostly to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep below the surface. At least until he meets seventeen-year-old Rosemary, another youth staying with the Troutts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSequoyah and Rosemary bond over their shared Native American background and tumultuous paths through the foster care system, but as Sequoyah’s feelings toward Rosemary deepen, the precariousness of their lives and the scars of their pasts threaten to undo them both.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057657397488,"sku":"9781616958879","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616958879_p0.jpg?v=1763850642","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616958879","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}