{"product_id":"9781940769561","title":"Under the Open Sky: A Story of Magic, God, and Girlhood","description":"\"There I was, the charity kid, sad and poor, only at a private academy because I was a preacher's daughter. We drove a deadbeat car. I wore hand-me-downs and combat boots. Suddenly, I am pregnant, a witch, and a liar. I have no friends, and I use hundreds of bracelets (called infinity \"charms\") to curse the whole school. Of course it looked like I stole the money.\"\u003cp\u003eAbigail Moore is your typical preacher's daughter-active in the church, swift to volunteer, and curious: is God really there? As she stumbles through the West Texas landscape of magic, coyotes, aliens, and boys, Abigail finds herself in a huge scandal. And it's just what she needs to open her mind and seek the truth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the style of Carson McCullers, author Rachel Waterhouse, plods through a strange and southern coming-of-age world, giving the reader an inside-look on growing up. The novel draws from her own story as a preacher's daughter living in Texas. Other than a religious background, Waterhouse credits the mystery of the natural world, \"Because the only thing you could do in a small town was look up.\" Under the Open Sky is her first YA novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mercury HeartLink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033428934896,"sku":"9781940769561","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781940769561_p0.jpg?v=1763668071","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781940769561","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}