{"product_id":"elusive-common-sense-betts-arney-9780974555027","title":"Elusive Common Sense: Why is Common Sense So Hard to Find?","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Book 1 of the \"Growing Up Alex\" series for young readers, it is April 1960 as title character, Alexandria Kelley, prepares for her sixth-grade spelling bee amidst a backdrop of stresses at home and school. Author Betts Arney writes in Alex's voice as she navigates the challenges of pre-teen adolescence. As Alex explains: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was looking forward to the school spelling bee and the end of sixth grade. I wanted to win first place to make my parents proud of me, especially my mother. But then, all heck broke loose!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe weeks before the end of the school year were turning out horribly. Almost every day my mom asked, \"Alexandria McKenzie Kelley, don't you have any common sense?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI decided to find an answer to my mom's question, no matter how hard I had to search. I made a terrible wish to end my mom's constant questioning and to get her to stop blaming me for things I didn't do!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing turned out the way I wanted. But, maybe that was a good thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Betts Arney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0974555029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780974555027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gail A. Blohowiak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d","brand":"Betts Arney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46431571837183,"sku":"9780974555027","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67ae4716-eea3-4ca1-a970-ca88e6bd6fd1.jpg?v=1735141737","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/elusive-common-sense-betts-arney-9780974555027","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}