{"product_id":"being-fishkill-0763684422-used","title":"Being Fishkill","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0763684422\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lehrer, Ruth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFishkill Carmel fends for herself, with her fists if need be - until a thwarted lunch theft introduces her to strange, sunny Duck-Duck and a chance for a new start.Born in the backseat of a moving car, Carmel Fishkill was unceremoniously pushed into a world that refuses to offer her security, stability, love. At age thirteen, she begins to fight back. Carmel Fishkill becomes Fishkill Carmel, who deflects her tormenters with a strong left hook and conceals her secrets from teachers and social workers. But Fishkills fierce defenses falter when she meets eccentric optimist Duck-Duck Farina, and soon they, along with Duck-Ducks mother, Molly, form a tentative family, even as Fishkill struggles to understand her place in it. This fragile new beginning is threatened by the reappearance of Fishkills unstable mother - and by unfathomable tragedy. Poet Ruth Lehrers young adult debut is a stunning, revelatory look at what defines and sustains family. And, just as it does for Fishkill, meeting Duck-Duck Farina and her mother will leave readers forever changed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67819511841056,"sku":"USED0763684422","price":8.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/91NvfcO9QZL.jpg?v=1792190917","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/being-fishkill-0763684422-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}