{"product_id":"mercury-boys-paperback","title":"Mercury Boys - 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\u003eChandra Prasad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory and the speculative collide with the modern world when a group of high school girls form a secret society after discovering they can communicate with boys from the past, in this powerful look at female desire, jealousy, and the shifting lines between friendship and rivalry.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter her life is upended by divorce and a cross-country move, 16-year-old Saskia Brown feels like an outsider at her new school--not only is she a transplant, but she's also biracial in a population of mostly white students. One day while visiting her only friend at her part-time library job, Saskia encounters a vial of liquid mercury, then touches an old daguerreotype--the precursor of the modern-day photograph--and makes a startling discovery. She is somehow able to visit the man in the portrait: Robert Cornelius, a brilliant young inventor from the nineteenth century. The hitch: she can see him only in her dreams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Saskia shares her revelation with some classmates, hoping to find connection and friendship among strangers. Under her guidance, the other girls steal portraits of young men from a local college's daguerreotype collection and try the dangerous experiment for themselves. Soon, they each form a bond with their own \"Mercury Boy,\" from an injured Union soldier to a charming pickpocket in New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At night, the girls visit the boys in their dreams. During the day, they hold clandestine meetings of their new secret society. At first, the Mercury Boys Club is a thrilling diversion from their troubled everyday lives, but it's not long before jealousy, violence and secrets threaten everything the girls hold dear.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChandra Prasad\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the critically acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eOn Borrowed Wings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Circus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBreathe the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDamselfly\u003c\/i\u003e, a female-driven young adult text used in classrooms in parallel with \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e. Prasad is also the editor of--and a contributor to--\u003ci\u003eMixed\u003c\/i\u003e, the first-ever anthology of short stories on the multiracial experience. Her shorter works have appeared in T\u003ci\u003ehe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New York Time\u003c\/i\u003es, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Week\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Haven Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTeen Voices\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50335340691693,"sku":"9781641293877","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/It5oAGSf2G9781641293877.webp?v=1785036202","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/mercury-boys-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}