{"product_id":"forbidden-child-1","title":"Forbidden Child","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\"I belong to the Godmother.\"\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePiper Pascal has spent her life on the \u003cem\u003eEscape\u003c\/em\u003e, a city-sized cruise liner holding all that's left of America. She does not remember the world before the Flood. All she knows is that she'll do anything to please the Godmother, the head of the \u003cem\u003eEscape\u003c\/em\u003e, the only parent Piper has ever really had.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\"I will report all crime, my own and my neighbor's.\"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince age six, Piper has been a spy for the Godmother's cult of secret police. Food, friendships, sleep, population---the Godmother controls it all. If you disobey, Piper will catch you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\"No illegal organisms.\"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil one day\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003ePiper Pascal finds the one thing the Godmother hates most. A baby. A child born without permission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf Piper cares for the child, she will be hunted. Arrested. Killed. But against everything the Godmother has told her, Piper begins to realize she cannot let the baby go.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/FC-173HB.pdf?v=1693414273\"\u003eLook Inside the Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\"In this debut novel, Newell offers an engaging dystopian read with a strong message of love leading the way out of darkness.\" ~\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWORLD \u003c\/em\u003eMagazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e From the book:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Piper looked down at the water lapping beneath the cabin, and for a full minute, she wondered what she was staring at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaria Carmel's spindle-thin body lay face down in a bright yellow life raft that was punctured with bullet holes and slowly sinking. That much was obvious. The rope of red bedsheets dangled down the ship's side and was tied to one of the raft handles, so the \u003cem\u003eEscape\u003c\/em\u003e had been towing the raft and the dead body for hours. But nestled under Maria's arm was a strange white bundle that could have been mattress stuffing, or a pillowcase filled with clothes, or a chunk of ice that had been swept into the raft. Piper could not think what on earth it really was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a jolt she realized the truth. She was looking at the most shocking, the most deadly the most illegal thing she had ever seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePiper was looking at a baby.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eCanonball Books is the children's imprint of Canon Press. At Canonball, we believe stories are soul food, so you can expect excitement, danger, loyalty, virtue, and family in your Canonball books. Feed your kids the right books!\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGwen Newell\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Germany, raised in Florida, and transplanted to the Pacific Northwest where she pretends she's still by the ocean as much as she can. She wrote her first story at age seven, and hasn't stopped writing since. She now lives with her husband, Ben, in a wee house on a hill where they await the birth of their first child.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/FC-151.pdf?2755\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eIMPRINT: Canonball Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGENRE: Middle Grade (Grades 4-9)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAUTHOR: Gwen Newell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePAGE COUNT: 378\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIZE: 5.5x8.5\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHARDBACK ISBN-10: 1-95-790585-9\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHARDBACK ISBN-13: 978-1-957905-85-3\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBINDING: Hardback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003ePUB. 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