{"product_id":"day-at-the-beach","title":"Day at the Beach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLook Both Ways\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eSeedfolks\u003c\/em\u003e in this masterful novel from two titans of kid lit that follows a diverse cast of young people whose lives intersect in surprising and hilarious ways over the course of a summer day.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere's what's so cool about the beach. Kids are everywhere! Kids you know, kids you want to know. Wandering from one blanket to another, from one family to another. Somebody's mom reads a fat summer novel. Somebody's dad snores with an iPad on his chest. Babies cry. Girls laugh. Frisbee players whoop! Kites in the perfect blue sky. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome kids bodysurf. Some don't even like the water. They build sand cities for their friends and sand jails for the grown-ups, and when the tide comes in everything gets washed away. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's the other world, where all kids hear is tomorrow, next week, next year. And then there's the beach, where everything is \u003cem\u003eright now\u003c\/em\u003e!\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy can't every day be a day at the beach?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom two-time Newbery honoree Gary D. Schmidt and two-time PEN Award winner Ron Koertge comes a moving and often laugh-out-loud funny middle grade novel about family, friendship, and belonging, told by a group of kids spending a day at the beach. Thoughtful vignettes brilliantly weave together an irresistible tale of tween conflict and connections.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46610560745641,"sku":"PHBK-9780063380929","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/content_73e6f877-3d20-4969-8d1b-8f2342da04c0.jpg?v=1764706994","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/day-at-the-beach","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}