{"product_id":"disappearing-act-jiordan-castle-9780374389772","title":"Disappearing ACT: A True Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoving and evocative, \u003ci\u003eDisappearing Act \u003c\/i\u003eis a YA true-story-in-verse following author Jiordan Castle's coming of age as her family reckons with the aftershocks of her father's imprisonment.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt was the summer before high school, \u003cbr\u003ethe beginning of everything.\u003cbr\u003eBut also an end.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJiordan's family was never quite like everyone else's, with her father's mood swings, her mother's attempts at normalcy, and her two older sisters with a different last name. But on the surface, they fit in. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil the day the FBI came knocking on the door. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter that, her father's mood plunged to a dangerous new low. After that, there was an investigation into his business and a sentencing in court. Soon Jiordan's father would have to leave home, and her family would change forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReckoning with the aftershocks of her father's incarceration, Jiordan had to navigate friends who couldn't quite understand what she was going through, along with the highs and lows of first love. Under it all was the question: If Jiordan's father was gone, why did she feel like the one who was disappearing? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecounting her own experiences as a teenager, poet Jiordan Castle has created a searing and evocative young adult true-story-in-verse about the challenge to be free when a parent is behind bars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jiordan Castle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374389772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374389772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.60w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2023 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023 pg. 125","brand":"Jiordan Castle","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44080631611647,"sku":"9780374389772","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8daab87e-c24b-48f0-84be-1f1ca8aea7ee.jpg?v=1685487903","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/disappearing-act-jiordan-castle-9780374389772","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}