{"product_id":"9781988390017","title":"Michelle","description":"\u003cp\u003eA heart-breaking story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFans of Jodi Picoult and S.E. Hinton will love Michelle, award-winning author P.D. Workman’s captivating account of Michelle's thought-provoking and eye-opening story of poverty, abuse and addiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Daddy… can’t we come with you when you leave this time?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Michelle asked to be taken away from her abusive mother, she never expected to lose everyone she loved in the process. They said they would keep her and Kenny together. Her daddy said he would be back. And she never even got to say good bye to Marcie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll too soon, they were trying to reunite her with her mother, and Michelle is forced to take to the streets, seeking safety in the gang life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichelle is third in the Ruby, Between the Cracks series, a winner of the Top Ten Best Books for Teens 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Michelle:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething about [P.D. Workman’s] writing just blows my mind... I hate when I get too tired to read anymore and I have to wait until the next day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a heart-breaking story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Ruby, Between the Cracks:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Between the Cracks books have been absolutely AMAZING… as soon as I started to read \"Ruby\", I just had to keep going.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI wish I could forget the book Ruby and read it all over again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is utterly amazing, I find myself having more empathy for children in these types of situations than ever before. My heart seriously yearns for them. I can't put this book down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for P.D. Workman:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Every single one of [P.D. Workman’s] books has spoken to me in ways no one or almost anything else has. And I have found strength in the books I've read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The way that P.D. Workman writes just flows amazingly and allows the reader to get really invested in a book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"P.D. Workman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064657756400,"sku":"9781988390017","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781988390017_p0.jpg?v=1763673420","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781988390017","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}