{"product_id":"the-goodbye-year-by-emily-gale-9781922458599","title":"The Goodbye Year","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s the start of 2020, and Harper is filled with anticipation about being in the final year of Riverlark Primary. She wants a leadership role, the comfort of her friendship group, and to fly under the radar of Riverlark’s mean-boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut one by one, things go wrong. When Harper’s best friends are made school captains, they are consumed by their roles, while her own role — library captain — is considered second-rate. Then something major throws life off course: her parents take overseas jobs as nurses in a war zone. Harper moves in with Lolly, a grandmother she barely knows — complete with her five pets, vast collection of old trinkets, and very different expectations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJust as Harper is getting used to Lolly, the pandemic arrives, and her goodbye year is nothing like she’d hoped it would be. Strange things are happening: she wakes in the night in odd places, fixates on an old army badge that seems to have a mind of its own, and on a visit to the school library during lockdown, she’s convinced she’s seen a ghost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho is haunting her?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCan she get through the anxiety of the pandemic without her mum and dad? And will Harper find a way to be happy with her goodbye year?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Goodbye Year\u003c\/em\u003e explores all the trickiness and confusion of the end of primary school and a new stage of life that looms with all its uncertainties and possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46697859875052,"sku":"9781922458599","price":21.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12997113482872.jpg?v=1753728304","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-goodbye-year-by-emily-gale-9781922458599","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}