{"product_id":"in-spite-of-killer-bees-paperback-by-julie-johnston","title":"In Spite of Killer Bees Paperback by Julie Johnston","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eTundra Books\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2002-11-26)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e264\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780887766015\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e212.34\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.6 x 5.15 x 0.6\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eI\u003ci\u003en Spite of Killer Bees\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about not giving in and not giving up. Aggie and her two sisters have had to move to the small village that had been their father’s childhood home. Their mother is long gone, and their father – who’d been in and out of prison – has died. Although the village holds little charm for the girls, they have hopes. It seems that their late grandfather has made them heiresses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the small, judgmental village, Aggie must fight to keep her diminishing family together.  By refusing to abandon those she loves and comes to love, she risks more than her happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eBorn and raised in Smiths Falls, in the Ottawa Valley, \u003cb\u003eJulie Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e began writing plays in high school for her classmates. Her first published work was a short novel, which was published in serial form in the local paper. She returned to creating plays in the 1970s and this time focused on younger audiences, writing works her own children could perform. At the same time, she decided to try her hand at something more serious and entered a one-act composition in the Canadian Playwriting Competition, taking first prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dexterous author who is comfortable writing drama, short stories and novels, she has garnered great success with her first two young adult novels, \u003ci\u003eAdam and Eve and Pinch-Me\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHero of Lesser Causes,\u003c\/i\u003e both of which won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Text in Children’s Literature and received numerous awards and accolades throughout North America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her long-awaited third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Only Outcast\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Julie takes readers back to the turn-of-the-century and into a summer of mystery, adventure and passion for sixteen-year-old Frederick at a summer cottage on the Rideau. The book was a finalist for the 1998 Governor General’s Literary Award and the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLove Ya Like A Sister, Julie acted as editor, compiling the letters, journals, and e-mail correspondence of Katie Ouriou, a Calgary teen who died suddenly while living in Paris with her family. Katie’s messages to her friends back home in Canada are full of love, spiritual inspiration and demonstrate the strength that exists in the bonds of friendship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Spite of Killer Bees\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eexamines the bonds between three sisters and their eclectic extended family in a small town.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe mother of four grown daughters, Julie Johnston and her husband reside in Peterborough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45369247498401,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780887766015","price":12.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780887766015.jpg?v=1763144155","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/in-spite-of-killer-bees-paperback-by-julie-johnston","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}