{"product_id":"the-outside-boy-by-jeanine-cummins-9781472272836","title":"The Outside Boy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'A full-throated song of praise. I loved it' Sherman Alexie\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Outside Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is set in Ireland, 1959. Young Christopher Hurley is a tinker, a Pavee gypsy, who roams with his father and extended family from town to town, carrying all their worldly possessions in their wagons. Christy carries with him a burden of guilt as well: his mother's death in childbirth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe wandering life is the only one Christy has ever known, but when his grandfather dies, everything changes. His father decides to settle briefly in a town, where Christy and his cousin can receive proper schooling. But still, always, they are treated as outsiders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Christy struggles with his new classmates, he starts to question who he is and where he belongs. But then the discovery of an old newspaper photograph, and a long-buried secret, changes his life forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46717801234668,"sku":"9781472272836","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4865883482712.jpg?v=1754479628","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-outside-boy-by-jeanine-cummins-9781472272836","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}