{"product_id":"straight-as-paperback","title":"Straight A's - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKhristina Chess\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eAll the Bright Places\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Perks of Being a Wallflower\u003c\/i\u003e, this high-stakes novel follows a burned-out teen grappling with the suffocating cost of perfection.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim is a girl with big plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's on track to be class valedictorian, a scholarship hopeful, and-since her parents' divorce bombshell-the unpaid therapist for her broken family. Bouncing between her parents' houses, she's torn between listening to her mom's bitterness and watching her dad lose weight and clean his guns. The pressure is a physical weight, and her grade point average is the only thing she can control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf she gets a B in Calculus, she also has a plan to die.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo the world, Kim is a high-achiever with a bright future. She still laughs with her best friend and crushes on Elliot, the enigmatic poet in Writer's Club. But beneath the facade, she is hurtling toward a deadline. If she fails to get straight A's at the end of the grading period, she's going to end it all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFalling for Elliot isn't part of the plan, and the more she lets him in, the harder it becomes to say goodbye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRomantic and ultimately hopeful, \u003ci\u003eStraight A's\u003c\/i\u003e is a painful journey that shows the importance of support systems-including parents, teachers, and classmates-in saving a life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKhristina Chess lives with her husband and various pets in Huntsville, Alabama. By day, she is a harried, Diet Mountain Dew-jazzed manager for an international software company, but in the wee hours of the morning, she writes novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56406553624881,"sku":"9781499620849","price":14.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/cAbz3UiBKq9781499620849.webp?v=1789991510","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/straight-as-paperback","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}