{"product_id":"goblin-market-diane-zahler-9780823450817","title":"Goblin Market","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne sister must save the other from a goblin prince in this rich, spooky, and delightfully dark fantasy!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"TERRIFICALLY TIMELESS. . . SPLENDID.\"--Shelf Awareness\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLizzie and Minka are sisters, but they're nothing alike: Minka is outgoing and cheerful, while Lizzie is shy and sensitive. Nothing much ever happens in their sleepy village--there are fields to tend, clothes to mend, and weekly trips to the market, predictable as the turning of the seasons. Lizzie likes it that way. It's safe. It's comfortable. She hopes nothing will ever change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut one day, Minka meets a boy. \u003cbr\u003eA boy who gives her a plum to eat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is charming. He is handsome. He tells her that she's special. He tells her no one understands her like he does--not her parents, not her friends, not even Lizzie. He tells her she should come away with him, into the darkness, into the forest. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMinka has been bewitched and ensnared by a zdusze--a goblin. His plum was poison, his words are poison, and strange things begin to happen. Trees bleed, winds howl, a terrible sickness descends on Minka, and deep in the woods, in a place beyond sunshine, beyond reality, a wedding table has been laid. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo save her sister, Lizzie will have to find courage she never knew she had--courage to confront the impossible--and enter into a world of dreams, danger, and death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRich world-building inspired by both Polish folklore and the poetry of Christina Rossetti combines with a tender sister story in this thrilling novel from Diane Zahler. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Lush. . . Dreamy. . . Breath-quickening.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Resonates with emotion.\"--\u003ci\u003eBCCB\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Believably wrought.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Will entice readers looking for some chills.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diane Zahler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823450813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823450817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holiday House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2022 pg. 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2022 pg. 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/13\/2023 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2022 - Superior,Well Above Average","brand":"Diane Zahler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059894546687,"sku":"9780823450817","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_de2ab6fd-c9f0-42e8-b221-1749e29c6591.jpg?v=1685060897","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/goblin-market-diane-zahler-9780823450817","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}