{"product_id":"letters-from-the-road-g-gordon-davis-9781499739800","title":"Letters From The Road","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter barely surviving his entry into the world, Keeper Wick grows up worshipping his absentee father and begs to be taken on a trip someday. His father, Chance, is a traveling salesman, and Keeper saves every colorful postcard and documents every move he makes on a large, AAA roadmap. But by the time he's ten, someone else enters his life, splitting his attention: Jonnie Prettyboy, a chain-smoking thirteen-year-old girl who manages to be both tough and beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheir friendship quickly blossoms into a partnership they're too young to define. And when Jonnie decides to run away from her abusive home, she leaves Keeper inconsolable and confused. Luckily, Chance finally agrees to take Keeper on a road trip to Atlanta, and it is there that he begins his transition out of boyhood and into the real world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of WWII, this unique mixture of a road story and coming-of-age tale creates a captivating vehicle through which we experience the love and disappointment between two kids struggling to survive in a world not of their making and a father and son who seem to grow further apart the closer they become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e G. Gordon Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 149973980X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781499739800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2015","brand":"G. Gordon Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065654620415,"sku":"9781499739800","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d421bf50-4c10-4acb-b0d6-82b835ab898b.jpg?v=1768676398","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/letters-from-the-road-g-gordon-davis-9781499739800","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}