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{"id":6540436832345,"title":"Maybe Tomorrow? — Agell '81","handle":"maybe-tomorrow-agell-81","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Charlotte Agell, Class of 1981\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated by Ana Ramírez González\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElba has a black block. She's been dragging it around for a long time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorris dances everywhere he goes, even uphill. He is always surrounded by a happy cloud of butterflies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan Norris and his butterflies help ease Elba's sadness and convince her to join them on a trip to the ocean?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis tender exploration of loss illuminates how kindness, empathy, and friendship can lift our spirits and see us through many tomorrows. It will resonate with anyone who has experienced hardship or grief, from the death of a loved one or a pet, to a friend moving away, or the transition to a new home or family situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-05T11:46:25-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-05T11:46:16-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Children's"],"price":1799,"price_min":1799,"price_max":1799,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1799,"compare_at_price_min":1799,"compare_at_price_max":1799,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39260476964953,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA300-Agell","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Maybe Tomorrow? — Agell '81","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1799,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1799,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781338214888","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba300-agell-maybe.jpg?v=1614962777"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba300-agell-maybe.jpg?v=1614962777","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Maybe Tomorrow? by Charlotte Agell '81","id":20249088032857,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba300-agell-maybe.jpg?v=1614962777"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba300-agell-maybe.jpg?v=1614962777","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Charlotte Agell, Class of 1981\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated by Ana Ramírez González\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElba has a black block. She's been dragging it around for a long time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorris dances everywhere he goes, even uphill. He is always surrounded by a happy cloud of butterflies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan Norris and his butterflies help ease Elba's sadness and convince her to join them on a trip to the ocean?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis tender exploration of loss illuminates how kindness, empathy, and friendship can lift our spirits and see us through many tomorrows. It will resonate with anyone who has experienced hardship or grief, from the death of a loved one or a pet, to a friend moving away, or the transition to a new home or family situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6540409667673,"title":"Icebox Desserts — Chattman '85","handle":"icebox-desserts-chattman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Lauren Chattman '85\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChill out with dozens of scrumptious no-bake desserts for every occasion, right from your icebox!\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-05T11:24:52-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-05T11:16:33-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Cookbooks"],"price":1795,"price_min":1795,"price_max":1795,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1795,"compare_at_price_min":1795,"compare_at_price_max":1795,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39260376432729,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA297-Chattman","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Icebox Desserts — Chattman '85","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1795,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1795,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"155832271X","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba297-chattman-icedess.jpg?v=1614961322"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba297-chattman-icedess.jpg?v=1614961322","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Icebox Desserts by Lauren Chattman","id":20248895357017,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba297-chattman-icedess.jpg?v=1614961322"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba297-chattman-icedess.jpg?v=1614961322","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Lauren Chattman '85\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChill out with dozens of scrumptious no-bake desserts for every occasion, right from your icebox!\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6538903289945,"title":"Thinking Woman - Dragseth '93","handle":"thinking-woman-dragseth-93","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth, Class of 1993\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be a woman? Do women have a unique nature and a unique vocation? Should feminists work to help women specifically or to support all people? \u003cem\u003eThinking Woman\u003c\/em\u003e examines the lives and ideas of women in the history of philosophy who wished to understand and advocate for themselves as women. Some, like Hildegard of Bingen and Edith Stein, found women to be a unique creature designed by God, necessary for good stewardship of creation. Others, such as Mary Wollstonecraft and Sojourner Truth, found women to be identical to men in all but biology and thus identical before the law. Still others, from Simone de Beauvoir to Judith Butler, found the very question troubling as they tried to sort out cultural ideas from biological rules. These women and their views form a canon on the question of women, a canon that can help guide the conversation for thinkers and activists today who want both to understand women and to advocate for justice for all people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-03T15:22:41-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-03T15:22:29-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Non-Fiction"],"price":2995,"price_min":2995,"price_max":2995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2995,"compare_at_price_min":2995,"compare_at_price_max":2995,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39256751046745,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA286-Dragseth","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Thinking Woman - Dragseth '93","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2995,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781625646347","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba286-dragseth-thinking.jpg?v=1614802951"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba286-dragseth-thinking.jpg?v=1614802951","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Thinking Woman by Jennifer Dragseth '93","id":20239954640985,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"width":552,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba286-dragseth-thinking.jpg?v=1614802951"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba286-dragseth-thinking.jpg?v=1614802951","width":552}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth, Class of 1993\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be a woman? Do women have a unique nature and a unique vocation? Should feminists work to help women specifically or to support all people? \u003cem\u003eThinking Woman\u003c\/em\u003e examines the lives and ideas of women in the history of philosophy who wished to understand and advocate for themselves as women. Some, like Hildegard of Bingen and Edith Stein, found women to be a unique creature designed by God, necessary for good stewardship of creation. Others, such as Mary Wollstonecraft and Sojourner Truth, found women to be identical to men in all but biology and thus identical before the law. Still others, from Simone de Beauvoir to Judith Butler, found the very question troubling as they tried to sort out cultural ideas from biological rules. These women and their views form a canon on the question of women, a canon that can help guide the conversation for thinkers and activists today who want both to understand women and to advocate for justice for all people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":4766787338329,"title":"A Dog-Friendly Town — Cameron '98","handle":"a-dog-friendly-town","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Josephine Cameron '98\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJosephine Cameron's\u003c\/em\u003e A Dog-Friendly Town\u003cem\u003e is a delightful middle-grade cozy caper sure to excite dog-lovers and gentle mystery readers alike!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwelve-year-old Epic McDade isn't ready for middle school. He'd rather help out at his family's dog-friendly bed n' breakfast all summer, or return to his alternative elementary school in the fall, where learning feels safe. But change comes in all shapes and fur colors. When Carmelito, California is named America's #1 Dog-Friendly Town, all the top dogs and their owners pour into Epic's sleepy seaside neighborhood for a week of celebration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe McDades are in dog heaven with all the new business until a famous dog's jewel-encrusted collar goes missing. Every guest is a suspect, and Epic will have to embrace new friends and new ideas to sniff out the culprit before the week is through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-12-22T15:13:09-05:00","created_at":"2020-12-22T15:12:17-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Children's","Fiction"],"price":1699,"price_min":1699,"price_max":1699,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1699,"compare_at_price_min":1699,"compare_at_price_max":1699,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":32324656267353,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA260-Cameron","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Dog-Friendly Town — Cameron '98","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1699,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780374306441","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba260-cameron-dog.jpg?v=1614023718"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba260-cameron-dog.jpg?v=1614023718","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Cover of A Dog-Friendly Town by Josephine Cameron '98.","id":7515902181465,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba260-cameron-dog.jpg?v=1614023718"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba260-cameron-dog.jpg?v=1614023718","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Josephine Cameron '98\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJosephine Cameron's\u003c\/em\u003e A Dog-Friendly Town\u003cem\u003e is a delightful middle-grade cozy caper sure to excite dog-lovers and gentle mystery readers alike!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwelve-year-old Epic McDade isn't ready for middle school. He'd rather help out at his family's dog-friendly bed n' breakfast all summer, or return to his alternative elementary school in the fall, where learning feels safe. But change comes in all shapes and fur colors. When Carmelito, California is named America's #1 Dog-Friendly Town, all the top dogs and their owners pour into Epic's sleepy seaside neighborhood for a week of celebration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe McDades are in dog heaven with all the new business until a famous dog's jewel-encrusted collar goes missing. Every guest is a suspect, and Epic will have to embrace new friends and new ideas to sniff out the culprit before the week is through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":4761658392665,"title":"The Enchanted Hour — Gurdon '86","handle":"the-enchanted-hour-the-miraculous-power-of-reading-aloud-in-the-age-of-distraction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Meghan Cox Gurdon '86\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"hc-product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e writer’s conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter, happier, healthier, more successful and more closely attached, even as technology pulls in the other direction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA miraculous alchemy occurs when one person reads to another, transforming the simple stuff of a book, a voice, and a bit of time into complex and powerful fuel for the heart, brain, and imagination. Grounded in the latest neuroscience and behavioral research, and drawing widely from literature, \u003cem\u003eThe Enchanted Hour\u003c\/em\u003e explains the dazzling cognitive and social-emotional benefits that await children, whatever their class, nationality or family background. But it’s not just about bedtime stories for little kids: Reading aloud consoles, uplifts and invigorates at every age, deepening the intellectual lives and emotional well-being of teenagers and adults, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeghan Cox Gurdon argues that this ancient practice is a fast-working antidote to the fractured attention spans, atomized families and unfulfilling ephemera of the tech era, helping to replenish what our devices are leaching away. 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{"id":1342390599769,"title":"If We Had Known - Juska '95","handle":"if-we-had-known","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Elise Juska, Class of '95\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne August afternoon, as single mother Maggie Daley prepares to send her only child off to college, their world is shattered by news of a mass shooting at the local mall in rural Maine. As reports and updates about the tragedy begin to roll in, Maggie, an English professor, is further stunned to learn that the gunman had been a student of hers: Nathan Dugan was an awkward, complicated young man whose quiet presence in her classroom had faded from her memory-but not, it seems, the memories of his classmates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWhen a viral blog post hints at the existence of a dark, violence-tinged essay Nathan had written during Maggie’s freshman comp seminar, Maggie soon finds herself at the center of a heated national controversy. Could the overlooked essay have offered critical red flags that might have warned of, or even prevented, the murders to come? As the media storm grows around her, Maggie makes a series of desperate choices that threaten to destroy not just the personal and professional lives she’s worked so hard to build, but-more important-the happiness and safety of her sensitive daughter, Anna.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEngrossing and provocative, combining sharp plot twists with Juska’s award-winning, trademark literary sophistication, IF WE HAD KNOWN is at once an unforgettable mother-daughter journey, an exquisite portrait of a community in turmoil, and a harrowing examination of ethical and moral responsibility in a dangerously interconnected digital world.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e- From the publisher.\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2018-07-26T08:40:54-04:00","created_at":"2018-07-26T08:44:10-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":2600,"price_min":2600,"price_max":2600,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2600,"compare_at_price_min":2600,"compare_at_price_max":2600,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":12347297628249,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA240-Juska","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"If We Had Known - Juska '95","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2600,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2600,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781455561773","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba240-juska-ifwe_867a925b-6039-4205-bccd-14400e667253.jpg?v=1614014448"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba240-juska-ifwe_867a925b-6039-4205-bccd-14400e667253.jpg?v=1614014448","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"If We Had Known by Elise Juska","id":7515625422937,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba240-juska-ifwe_867a925b-6039-4205-bccd-14400e667253.jpg?v=1614014448"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba240-juska-ifwe_867a925b-6039-4205-bccd-14400e667253.jpg?v=1614014448","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Elise Juska, Class of '95\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne August afternoon, as single mother Maggie Daley prepares to send her only child off to college, their world is shattered by news of a mass shooting at the local mall in rural Maine. As reports and updates about the tragedy begin to roll in, Maggie, an English professor, is further stunned to learn that the gunman had been a student of hers: Nathan Dugan was an awkward, complicated young man whose quiet presence in her classroom had faded from her memory-but not, it seems, the memories of his classmates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWhen a viral blog post hints at the existence of a dark, violence-tinged essay Nathan had written during Maggie’s freshman comp seminar, Maggie soon finds herself at the center of a heated national controversy. Could the overlooked essay have offered critical red flags that might have warned of, or even prevented, the murders to come? As the media storm grows around her, Maggie makes a series of desperate choices that threaten to destroy not just the personal and professional lives she’s worked so hard to build, but-more important-the happiness and safety of her sensitive daughter, Anna.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEngrossing and provocative, combining sharp plot twists with Juska’s award-winning, trademark literary sophistication, IF WE HAD KNOWN is at once an unforgettable mother-daughter journey, an exquisite portrait of a community in turmoil, and a harrowing examination of ethical and moral responsibility in a dangerously interconnected digital world.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e- From the publisher.\u003c\/div\u003e"}

{"id":427545244,"title":"Mourning Lincoln — Hodes '80","handle":"mourning-lincoln","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Martha Hodes, Class of '80\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe news of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination on April 15, 1865, just days after Confederate surrender, astounded the war-weary nation. Massive crowds turned out for services and ceremonies. Countless expressions of grief and dismay were printed in newspapers and preached in sermons. 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Hodes masterfully brings the tragedy of Lincoln’s assassination alive in human terms—terms that continue to stagger and rivet us one hundred and fifty years after the event they so strikingly describe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":58147912,"title":"Sunshine — McKinley '75","handle":"sunshine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Robin McKinley '75, H'86\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are places in the world where darkness rules, where it's unwise to walk.  But there hadn't been any trouble out at the lake for years, and Sunshine just needed a spot where she could be alone with her thoughts.  Vampires never entered her mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil they found her...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNPR: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/08\/11\/139085843\/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTop 100 Science-Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2017-10-18T10:52:00-04:00","created_at":"2011-10-07T12:28:49-04:00","vendor":"Penguin","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1600,"price_min":1600,"price_max":1600,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":139912982,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA198","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Sunshine — McKinley '75","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1600,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780425224014","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba198-mckinley-sunshine.jpg?v=1614025688"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba198-mckinley-sunshine.jpg?v=1614025688","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Sunshine by Robin McKinley","id":7515959197785,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba198-mckinley-sunshine.jpg?v=1614025688"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba198-mckinley-sunshine.jpg?v=1614025688","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Robin McKinley '75, H'86\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are places in the world where darkness rules, where it's unwise to walk.  But there hadn't been any trouble out at the lake for years, and Sunshine just needed a spot where she could be alone with her thoughts.  Vampires never entered her mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil they found her...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNPR: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/08\/11\/139085843\/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTop 100 Science-Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":32899452,"title":"Shift — Agell '81","handle":"shift","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Charlotte Agell '81\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In fifteen-year-old Adrian Havoc's world, Homestate rules every aspect of society: identity cards need to be carried at all times, evolution is a forbidden topic of discussion, and religious education is enforced in daily 'rapture' doses. If life weren't hard enough, now come the threats that the end of the world -- SHIFT -- is quickly approaching. But Adrian refuses to accept things as they are. He sets out for the toxic Deadlands on a trip that may very well alter the course of the universe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this thought-provoking, powerful, and by turns humorous novel, Charlotte Agell  uncovers the painful consequences of war and uncertain governments in an imagined -- yet disturbingly realistic -- world.\u003cbr\u003e - From the jacket.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Hardcover.","published_at":"2011-02-22T10:38:00-05:00","created_at":"2011-02-22T10:38:03-05:00","vendor":"vendor-unknown","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1695,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1695,"compare_at_price_min":1695,"compare_at_price_max":1695,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":77642492,"title":"Default","option1":"Default","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA157","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Shift — Agell '81","public_title":null,"options":["Default"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1695,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba157-agell-shift_1a70cfd5-afc1-47be-a872-6f8775d850b6.jpg?v=1614015183"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba157-agell-shift_1a70cfd5-afc1-47be-a872-6f8775d850b6.jpg?v=1614015183","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Shift by Charlotte Agell","id":7515655471193,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba157-agell-shift_1a70cfd5-afc1-47be-a872-6f8775d850b6.jpg?v=1614015183"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba157-agell-shift_1a70cfd5-afc1-47be-a872-6f8775d850b6.jpg?v=1614015183","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Charlotte Agell '81\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In fifteen-year-old Adrian Havoc's world, Homestate rules every aspect of society: identity cards need to be carried at all times, evolution is a forbidden topic of discussion, and religious education is enforced in daily 'rapture' doses. If life weren't hard enough, now come the threats that the end of the world -- SHIFT -- is quickly approaching. But Adrian refuses to accept things as they are. He sets out for the toxic Deadlands on a trip that may very well alter the course of the universe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this thought-provoking, powerful, and by turns humorous novel, Charlotte Agell  uncovers the painful consequences of war and uncertain governments in an imagined -- yet disturbingly realistic -- world.\u003cbr\u003e - From the jacket.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Hardcover."}