{"product_id":"strays-0763627054","title":"Strays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0763627054\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Koertge, Ron\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"By turns insightful, devastatingly funny, and suffused with loneliness . . . this thoughtful novel about the lost and abandoned is a hopeful one, in which some strays find a place to belong.\" - BooklistSixteen-year-old Ted OConnors parents just died in a fiery car crash, and now hes stuck with a set of semi-psycho foster parents, two foster brothers - Astin, the cocky gearhead, and C.W., the sometimes gangsta - and an inner-city high school full of delinquents. Hes having pretty much the worst year of his miserable life. Or so he thinks. Is it possible that becoming an orphan is not the worst thing that could have happened to him?Master novelist Ron Koertge brings his best work yet, a smart, surprising story full of trademark wit and sharp insight about a boy learning to run with a new pack.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51956224393504,"sku":"NEW0763627054","price":6.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/strays-0763627054","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}