{"product_id":"children-of-the-air-mark-eddy-smith-9781939636041","title":"Children of the Air","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo eagles awake to a rumble of thunder, or rather, a helicopter that hovers overhead. While mama eagle flees, papa defends their eggs but is eaten, or rather, captured, by the insectile monster, leaving mama to raise three eaglets by herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary feels a similar loss and stress, but abandonment is a different kind of monster. To worsen matters, her teenage daughter, Lissy, is surlier than most eaglets, so when Mary's father, Ed, dislocates a hip, the idea of sending Lissy to assist him seems to \"kill two birds\" until she discovers he's already taken on a helper--a runaway boy with a wounded owl. Reluctantly, she leaves Lissy with him anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll like Ed's dog, Shep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a whimsical tale, but an illustration of the banality of evil, the impotence of good, and the persistent, nagging suspicion that the world makes a beautiful kind of sense all the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Eddy Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1939636043\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939636041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mottled Speck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2022","brand":"Mark Eddy Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074281074943,"sku":"9781939636041","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_38472051-5002-4388-8502-64e09ffcebb8.jpg?v=1685452844","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/children-of-the-air-mark-eddy-smith-9781939636041","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}