{"product_id":"lisa-bright-and-dark-9780451166845","title":"Lisa, Bright and Dark","description":"Hailed 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-549453\"\u003eJohn Neufeld\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berkley Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Mass Market Paperbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.88h x 4.22w x 0.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780451166845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0451166841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-YAF\"\u003eYoung Adult Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-YAF058140\"\u003eSocial Themes | Mental Illness\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-YAF\"\u003eYoung Adult Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-YAF058120\"\u003eSocial Themes | Friendship\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-YAF\"\u003eYoung Adult Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-YAF009000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003e\"I 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\u003e\"I wrote on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In 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\u003e\"But 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\u003e\"And 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\u003e\"Right 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","brand":"Berkley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43845590122635,"sku":"9780451166845","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_5314753d-af4c-461e-91e9-49b409ee93d2.jpg?v=1755885927","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/lisa-bright-and-dark-9780451166845","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}