{"title":"Brigid Lowry","description":"Brigid Lowry is the author of award-winning poetry, short stories, and young adult novels. She is well-known in Australia, where Guitar Highway Rose was a runaway success with young readers and a finalist for or winner of numerous prestigious awards. She spent much of her life in Australia but now lives in New Zealand, where she was born and raised.","products":[{"product_id":"guitar-highway-rose-paperback","title":"Guitar Highway Rose - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy name is Rosie Moon. I am nearly sixteen. I'm hungry for a juicy life. I lean out the window at night and I can taste it out there, waiting for me\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePopular and smart, fifteen-year-old Rosie Moon is the quintessential good girl. She also wishes she could be someone else for a while, someone more interesting. Asher Fielding is the mysterious new boy at school who has dreadlocks and a love of Jim Morrison. On the first day of tenth grade, Rosie develops a crush on Asher, and when the two pair up for a poetry assignment they quickly form a bond. When Asher is falsely accused of stealing a wallet at school, he and Rosie decide to escape it all--their families, their school, their ordinary town--and hitchhike up the Australian coast. They know they shouldn't, and that is exactly why they do. Part road story, part love story, \u003ci\u003eGuitar Highway Rose\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrilling ride for anyone who has ever dreamed about escaping everyday life, even just for a little while.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50215010500831,"sku":"9780312342968","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/U5aTyvoC5c9780312342968.webp?v=1781837832"},{"product_id":"follow-the-blue-paperback","title":"Follow the Blue - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife isn't neat and tidy. It's like a whole lot of balls of brightly colored wool thrown in a basket, with stray beginnings and endings and possibilities everywhere. Let's follow the blue.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFifteen-year-old Bec has always been the good girl. Growing up with an eccentric celebrity chef mother and a father who suffers from depression, Bec is used to taking care of her two younger siblings and being labeled the sensible one. But when Bec's parents decide to take a six-week tour of the U.S., she decides that she is sick of being responsible and is ready for some adventures of her own. She meets a new friend named Jaz, dyes her hair, wins money, throws her first party, and then there's the boy thing... \u003cbr\u003eIn this intoxicating novel by award-winning author and poet Brigid Lowry, Bec realizes that maybe she isn't so ordinary after all--and that sometimes it doesn't hurt to, as her mother would say, lighten up and enjoy the ride.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50215010697439,"sku":"9780312342975","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/dHV5dGI2YVo2Ty9aOEllYndwVysydz09.webp?v=1781837834"},{"product_id":"things-you-either-hate-or-love-paperback","title":"Things You Either Hate or Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen-year-old Georgia \u003ci\u003ehas\u003c\/i\u003e to get to the Natural Affinity concert. She's obsessed with the lead singer, Jakob, and will do anything it takes to see him live. However, there is one major obstacle standing in her way: money. To earn some extra cash, she takes on a string of disastrous jobs, one ending worse than the next. Georgia also struggles with her weight, slipping grades, her lack of a boyfriend and the distance that seems to be growing between her and her best friend. Add to all that the tension with her mother, and life really starts to get complicated. True to Brigid Lowry's colorful style of writing, the book is peppered with lists Georgia writes in her diary, like Ten things you can do with a sausage besides eating it and Great excuses for not doing my homework. Georgia is funny, honest, far from perfect, and will win the heart of every girl who has ever pined hopelessly after a rock star.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50215010861279,"sku":"9780312363086","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/emZNU3RVa2RpTmhWTDgzQUF2RFdlUT09.webp?v=1781837835"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/brigid-lowry.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}