{"product_id":"one-mississippi-paperback","title":"One Mississippi - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Childress\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There is nothing small about Childress's fine novel. It's big in all the ways that matter - big in daring, big in insight, and big-hearted. Really, really big-hearted.\" -\u003cem\u003eNew Orleans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e Times-Picayune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This exuberantly acclaimed novel by the author of the bestselling \u003cem\u003eCrazy in Alabama\u003c\/em\u003e tells an uproarious and moving story about family, best friends, first love, and surviving the scariest years of your life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e You need only one best friend, Daniel Musgrove figures, to make it through high school alive. After his family moves to Mississippi just before his junior year, Daniel finds fellow outsider Tim Cousins. The two become inseparable, sharing a fascination with ridicule, \u003cem\u003eThe Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, \u003c\/em\u003e and Arnita Beecham, the most bewitching girl at Minor High. But soon things go terribly wrong. The friends commit a small crime that grows larger and larger, and threatens to engulf the whole town. Arnita, the first black prom queen in the history of the school, is injured and wakes up a different person. And Daniel, Tim, and their families are swept up in a shocking chain of events.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Wise, riveting, hilarious, painful, gentle, and ferocious, \u003cem\u003eOne Mississippi \u003c\/em\u003eis a wonderful read.\" -Anne Lamott\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A Tilt-a-Whirl that flings the reader from comedy to calamity. . . . Childress is a fabulist in the manner of John Irving.\" -\u003cem\u003eAtlanta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e Journal-Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"By turns rollicking and troubling, as provocative as it is droll, \u003cem\u003eOne Mississippi \u003c\/em\u003eis about as easy to resist as a riptide. This critic's advice is to go with its powerful flow.\" -\u003cem\u003eRaleigh\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eNews \u0026amp; Observer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Childress\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Monroeville, Alabama. He is the author of seven previous novels, including \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Bottoms\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCrazy in Alabama\u003c\/i\u003e, three books for children, and the screenplay of the film, \u003ci\u003eCrazy in Alabama\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Key West, Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e One Mississippi: A Novel\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 17\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378355466323,"sku":"9780316012126","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/9731\/2595\/files\/kLjNskE9qL9780316012126.webp?v=1783071289","url":"https:\/\/the-stone-owl-bookstore.myshopify.com\/products\/one-mississippi-paperback","provider":"The Stone Owl Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}