{"product_id":"elementals-paperback-1","title":"Elementals - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancesca Lia Block\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a star YA writer Francesca Lia Block, author of the \u003ci\u003eWeetzie Bat\u003c\/i\u003e books, comes an adult novel about a student, haunted by the disappearance of a friend, who must face the truth \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Elementals\u003c\/i\u003e is on one level an intriguing coming-of-age novel about a young woman, Ariel Silverman, facing the challenges of her first years away at college in Berkeley, California, while her mother battles cancer at home in Los Angeles. But the book takes on deeper, stranger meanings when we realize that Ariel is haunted by the disappearance of her best friend, Jeni, who vanished without a trace a few years before, closing Ariel's heart and changing her forever. Ariel wonders if she will ever be fully alive, until she meets three mysterious, beautiful and seductive young people living in a strange old house in the Berkeley hills. Through them Ariel will unravel the mystery of her best friend's disappearance and face a chilling choice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFRANCESCA LIA BLOCK is the author of twenty-eight books including: \u003ci\u003eLove in the Time of Global Warming, The Island of Excess Love, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMy Miserable Life. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is the recipient of the ALA Lifetime Achievement Award, among other awards, and is published all over the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720458178623,"sku":"9781250036292","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8d0ff35fb09ebb0bb24d6915fb97d854.webp?v=1765089206","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/elementals-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}