{"product_id":"lisa-bright-and-dark-paperback","title":"Lisa, Bright and Dark - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Neufeld\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed as a \"work of art\" by the \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e, this bestselling classic brings a deft touch and understanding spirit to the story of a teenage girl's descent into madness-and the three friends who are determined to walk with her where adults fear to tread.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eI always wanted to be a writer. I started writing early, and badly, sending off short stories to national magazines when I was ten or eleven. They were all returned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut I kept at it. All through high school and college. Everything I sent out came back. Thanks but no thanks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI moved to New York and worked in a publishing house. I kept writing. In fact, I was fired from my first job for spending more time on my own projects than on the publishing house's.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI wrote on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1968, an editor from a small California publishing house and I hadlunch. She gave me an outline for a story she thought I could write well. I knew immediately I had to try.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what I wanted to do was write a short book, full of emotion and detail and excitement, for readers of all ages. I didn't know that \u003cb\u003eEdgar Allan\u003c\/b\u003e would be regarded as a children's book.It was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd when it was, everything fell into place. The minute \u003cb\u003eEdgar Allan\u003c\/b\u003e was launched successfully, I sat down to write Lisa, Bright And Dark. It, too, was a success so there was no turning back.Although I do write books for adults, the ideas that stimulate me always seem to come to me in the form of a story for young readers. I get ideas from everywhere: from the newspapers, from radio, from lunches and talks I have with friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRight now, if I never get another idea, I have more story lines to work on than my lifetime probably permits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth \u003cb\u003eEdgar Allan\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eLisa, Bright And Dark\u003c\/b\u003e, were selected as among the Best Books of the Year by the New York Times. \u003cb\u003eLisa, Bright And Dark\u003c\/b\u003e was filmed for television, and aired as a Hallmark Hall of Fame on NBC-TV. Mr. Neufeld's other books have as recently as this spring (2000) been cited as among the best of last year's Young Adult titles by the New York Public Library and YASLA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 6.88 x 4.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 1970\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lisa Bright and Dark\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755971838240,"sku":"9780451166845","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/662602d27aa492ccc279e5afca856acd.webp?v=1780071933","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lisa-bright-and-dark-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}