{"product_id":"ascendant-diana-peterfreund-9780061490057","title":"Ascendant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForget everything you ever knew about unicorns. The fluffy, sparkly, friendly \"horses\" so popular the world over don't exist. Real unicorns are killers. Don't miss book 2 in the thrilling Killer Unicorn series!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeasts the size of elephants, with cloven hooves that shake the earth, hides impervious to bullets, and horns that contain a deadly poison, unicorns can outrun a sports car and smell a human from a mile away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd they can only be killed by virgin warriors descended from Alexander the Great.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAstrid Llewelyn is now a fully trained unicorn hunter, but she can't solve all her problems with just a bow and arrow. Her boyfriend, Giovanni, has decided to leave Rome, the Cloisters is in dire financial straits, her best friend's powers are mysteriously disintegrating, and Astrid can't help but feel that school, home, and her hopes of becoming a scientist are impossible dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo when she's given the opportunity to leave the Cloisters and put her skills to use as part of a scientific quest to discover the Remedy, Astrid leaps at the chance. Finally, she can have exactly what she wants--or can she?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Gordian headquarters in the French countryside, Astrid begins to question everything she thought she believed: her love for Giovanni, her loyalty to the Cloisters, and--most of all--her duty as a hunter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShould Astrid be saving the world from killer unicorns, or saving the unicorns from the world?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diana Peterfreund\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0061490059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061490057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.33w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e141415 \/ Ascendant\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Diana Peterfreund","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48064784826623,"sku":"9780061490057","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_faf48259-e810-47ec-bd01-737be72563d4.jpg?v=1768671028","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ascendant-diana-peterfreund-9780061490057","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}