{"product_id":"larger-than-life-lara-8927","title":"Larger-Than-Life Lara","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis isn’t about me. This story, I mean. So already you got a reason to hang it up. At least that’s what Mrs. Smith, our English teacher, says.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the story \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e about ten-year-old Laney Grafton and the new girl in her class—Lara Phelps, whom everyone bullies from the minute she shows up. Laney is just relieved to have someone else as a target of bullying. But instead of acting the way a bullied kid normally acts, this new girl returns kindness for a meanness that intensifies . . . until nobody remains unchanged, not even the reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a unique and multi-layered story, with equal parts humor and angst, Laney communicates the art of storytelling as it happens, with chapter headings, such as: \u003ci\u003eCharacter, Setting, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax.\u003c\/i\u003e And she weaves an unforgettable tale of a new girl who transforms an entire class and, in the process, reveals the best and worst in all of us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a powerful and emotional story, which \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e called “Thoroughly enjoyable and unexpectedly wry, . . . as intelligent as it is succinct.”","brand":"Tyndale","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":44159099502652,"sku":"978-1-4964-1835-7","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/8132\/7164\/files\/978-1-4964-1430-4_e90ef803-a794-415d-a728-37d3cb44cd7d.jpg?v=1774957626","url":"https:\/\/tcr-stage.checkout.tyndale.com\/products\/larger-than-life-lara-8927","provider":"Tyndale Staging","version":"1.0","type":"link"}