{"product_id":"chasing-secrets","title":"Chasing Secrets","description":"Newbery Honor–winning author Gennifer Choldenko deftly combines humor, tragedy, fascinating historical detail, and a medical mystery in this exuberant new novel.\n\nSan Francisco, 1900. The Gilded Age. A fantastic time to be alive for lots of people . . . but not thirteen-year-old Lizzie Kennedy, stuck at Miss Barstow’s snobby school for girls. Lizzie’s secret passion is science, an unsuitable subject for finishing-school girls. Lizzie lives to go on house calls with her physician father. On those visits to his patients, she discovers a hidden dark side of the city—a side that’s full of secrets, rats, and rumors of the plague.\n\nThe newspapers, her powerful uncle, and her beloved papa all deny that the plague has reached San Francisco. So why is the heart of the city under quarantine? Why are angry mobs trying to burn Chinatown to the ground? Why is Noah, the Chinese cook’s son, suddenly making Lizzie question everything she has known to be true? Ignoring the rules of race and class, Lizzie and Noah must put the pieces together in a heart-stopping race to save the people they love.\n\nWinner of a Los Angeles Public Library FOCAL (Friends of Children and Literature) Award\nNominated for:\nPennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards\nTennessee Volunteer State Book Award (Middle School division)\nMissouri Association of School Librarians (MASL) Readers Award\nCalifornia Library Association’s Beatty Award, Eureka List\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0385742541\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0385742541.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Choldenko, Gennifer\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43337922576445,"sku":"BVV.0385742541.G","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0385742541-0.jpg?v=1783899437","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/chasing-secrets","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}