{"product_id":"freckled-a-memoir-of-growing-up-wild-in-hawaii-paperback","title":"Freckled: A Memoir of Growing up Wild in Hawaii - 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\u003eTw Neal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor fans of The Glass Castle and Educated, comes mystery author Toby Neal's personal story of surviving a wild childhood in paradise.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe never call it homeless. We're just \"\u003ci\u003ecamping\"\u003c\/i\u003e in the jungle on Kauai...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe live in a place everyone calls paradise. Sure, Kauai's beautiful, with empty beaches, drip-castle mountains, and perfect surf...but we've been \"camping\" for six months, eating boiled chicken feed for breakfast, and wearing camouflage clothes so no one sees us trespassing in our jungle hideout. The cockroaches  1\/2leave rainbow colors all over everything from eating the crayons we left outside the tent, and now a tractor is coming to scrape our camp into the river.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanding in front of the tent in my nightgown, clinging to my sister as we face the tractor, I know my own truth: \u003ci\u003eI just want to be normal.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Mom and Pop are addicted.\u003cbr\u003eAddicted to Kauai's beauty, to drugs, to surfing, to living a life according to their own rules out from under their high-achieving parents' judgmental eyes. I'm just their red-headed, mouthy, oldest kid. \u003ci\u003eWhat I want doesn't matter.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut I'm smart. I will make a different life for myself someday if I keep up my grades no matter what happens.\u003cbr\u003eNo matter how often we run out of food.\u003cbr\u003eNo matter how many times I change schools...or don't go to school at all.\u003cbr\u003eNo matter how many bullies beat me up for the color of my skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI might be growing up wild in Hawaii, but I have dreams I'm going to reach, no matter how crazy things get.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"An affecting and riveting chronicle of a singular childhood that evokes the contradictions of hippie utopian ideals in an unspoiled Hawaiian landscape long since lost.\"\u003c\/i\u003e Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 404\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 11, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47641319964925,"sku":"9781732771253","price":33.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/NzdGWDU0NzdsandrZVhjbkJrZWNxdz09.webp?v=1780488046","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/freckled-a-memoir-of-growing-up-wild-in-hawaii-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}