{"product_id":"looper-michael-conlon-9781642373585","title":"Looper: A Coming of Age Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eLife Sucks. Big time. Fourteen-year-old Ford Quinn has read The Outsiders, Robert Frost poems, and knows the song lyrics to every single Springsteen song. As he heads into high school, star-gazing poet Ford has fallen hard for an Egyptian princess and become a caddy at an exclusive country club. With an amazing summer ahead of him, what could go wrong?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Everything.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e His family can't afford life in the affluent Detroit neighborhood of Kensington Hills, and his dad's get-rich-schemes are getting as old as his mother's fervent self-improvement pop psychology. To top things off, his chances of gaining entry into the popular Lund Gang appears as far away as the stars he sees through the telescope in his bedroom.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Will Ford's quest to earn a caddy scholarship change the soundtrack of his life? Or will his encounters with cruel foils shatter his dreams and ruin his summer of firsts? This quirky, nostalgic coming-of-age novle will take you back to the time of Space Invaders, Rubik's Cube, mixed tapes, and Iranian hostages and immerse in the wonders of growing up in the summer of '80.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Conlon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1642373583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642373585\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gatekeeper Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.86d","brand":"Michael Conlon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930860241151,"sku":"9781642373585","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_91a7ebc8-6945-4507-8bdf-5b5a9d47b090.jpg?v=1766344772","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/looper-michael-conlon-9781642373585","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}