{"title":"Laura McNeal","description":"Laura McNeal is a freelance journalist and former English teacher. Tom McNeal is the critically acclaimed author of many short stories and the adult novel Goodnight, Nebraska, winner of the 1999 James A. Michener Memorial Prize. The McNeals are married and live in Fallbrook, California.","products":[{"product_id":"crooked-paperback-1","title":"Crooked - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age\u003cbr\u003eA California Book Award Winner for Juvenile Literature\u003cbr\u003eAn ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e Top Ten Youth Romance\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClara Wilson and Amos MacKenzie are finding their lives turned upside down: by each other, by fickle friendships, by failing families, and by the two meanest brothers in town. As the pressures of high school and home life collide, Clara and Amos struggle to maintain their identities amid the chaos. Honesty may be the answer...but it can be awfully hard to find.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503751532767,"sku":"9780375841910","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/EjWhf3Qqwx9780375841910.webp?v=1782759528"},{"product_id":"dark-water-paperback","title":"Dark Water - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA National Book Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Books for Teens \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFifteen-year-old Pearl DeWitt lives in Fallbrook, California, where it's sunny 340 days of the year, and where her uncle owns a grove of 900 avocado trees. Uncle Hoyt hires migrant workers regularly, but Pearl doesn't pay much attention to them...until Amiel. From the moment she sees him, Pearl is drawn to this boy who keeps to himself, fears being caught by \u003ci\u003ela migra\u003c\/i\u003e, and is mysteriously unable to talk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen the wildfires strike.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503751827679,"sku":"9780375843303","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/dFs_3FOVMQ9780375843303.webp?v=1782759530"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/laura-mcneal.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}