{"title":"Gillian French","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-missing-season","title":"The Missing Season","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of Edgar Award finalist Grit and The Lies They Tell comes a tense, atmospheric novel for fans of E. Lockhart and Marieke Nijkamp, about friendship, truth, and the creeping fears that can’t be outrun. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhenever another kid goes missing in October, the kids in the old factory town of Pender know what is really behind it: a monster out in the marshes that they call the Mumbler. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat’s what Clara’s new crew tells her when she moves to town. Bree and Sage, who take her under their wing. Spirited Trace, who has taken the lead on this year’s Halloween prank war. And magnetic Kincaid, whose devil-may-care attitude and air of mystery are impossible for Clara to resist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClara doesn’t actually believe in the Mumbler—not like Kinkaid does. But as Halloween gets closer and tensions build in the town, it’s hard to shake the feeling that there really is something dark and dangerous in Pender. Lurking in the shadows. Waiting to bring the stories to life.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSmall Town Horror:\u003c\/b\u003e In the decaying factory town of Pender, kids go missing every October. The locals blame the Mumbler, a monster lurking in the marshes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNew Girl in Town:\u003c\/b\u003e Clara doesn’t believe the stories—not like the magnetic and mysterious Kincaid does. 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But what people don’t know is \u003ci\u003ewho\u003c\/i\u003e did it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll fingers point at Pearl Haskins’ father, who was the caretaker of the property, but Pearl just doesn’t believe it. Leave it to a town of rich people to blame “the help.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her disgraced father now trying to find work in between booze benders, Pearl’s future doesn’t hold much more than waiting tables at the local country club, where the wealthy come to flaunt their money and spread their gossip. This year, Tristan, the last surviving Garrison, and his group of affluent and arrogant friends have made a point of sitting in Pearl’s section. Though she’s repulsed by most of them, Tristan’s quiet sadness and somber demeanor have her rethinking her judgments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefriending the boys could mean getting closer to the truth, clearing her father’s name, and giving Tristan the closure he seems to be searching for. But it could also trap Pearl in a sinister web of secrets, lies, and betrayals that would leave no life unchanged…if it doesn’t take hers first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSmall Town Secrets:\u003c\/b\u003e In the divided seaside town of Tenney’s Harbor, the rich have secrets they’d kill to keep, and the working class are the first to take the blame.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Whodunnit Mystery:\u003c\/b\u003e An unexplained fire killed the wealthy Garrison family, but it was no accident. 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