{"product_id":"the-power-of-s-a-d","title":"The Power of S.A.D.","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: \" helvetica neue\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpper Middle Grade \/ Lower YA Best for ages 11-15\u003cbr\u003eMany adults love this book as well.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: \" helvetica neue min-height:=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: \" helvetica neue\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow can Akna and her two sisters help Mama get well and save her family if they are in foster care? Rule 1: Don’t get comfortable there.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: \" helvetica neue min-height:=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: \" helvetica neue\u003eWith the help of her ancestors, Akna Sales has used her powers of S.A.D.—Strength And Determination—to keep her family together since her beloved grandparents died two years ago. The day the social worker takes Akna and her two sisters to a foster home, all her plans for helping Mama get well and saving her family are upended. It seems that calling on her ancestors to enhance those powers is not working any more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: \" helvetica neue min-height:=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: \" helvetica neue\u003eAlthough every foster kid living with the Bohns at Mariposa Lane has problems, they’ve somehow created a resilient, loving family life Akna never could have imagined. 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