{"product_id":"strange-is-a-hazard-here-jim-hughes-9781972561065","title":"Strange Is A Hazard Here","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome mothers don't raise daughters-they remake them\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What if this time I die?\"-Jocelyn dreads her birthdays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach odd-numbered year, on the eve of her birthday, she struggles to breathe-as if something inside her is being taken away. Her mother, Idris, insists it's a flaw in Jocelyn herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Idris has a secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA self-taught sorceress obsessed with perfection, she uses magic to remove Jocelyn's \"undesirable\" moods -anger, sadness, defiance-essential parts of her very spirit-and traps them in balloons, determined to raise a flawless child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver time, as Jocelyn's essential spirits are removed-those qualities that make her who she really is-she becomes a pale shadow of her true self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside a house ruled by rigid expectations, strange rules, and a mother who calls control \"love,\" Jocelyn must navigate fear, isolation, and the growing sense that something is deeply wrong.\u003c\/p\u003eAnd, as Jocelyn approaches her thirteenth birthday, she must decide: \u003cb\u003eWill she surrender to her mother's control-or reclaim the parts of herself that were taken?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1972561065\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781972561065\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Precocity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Jim Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48743221723391,"sku":"9781972561065","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/strange-is-a-hazard-here-jim-hughes-9781972561065","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}