{ "item_title" : "The Idea Miners", "item_author" : [" P. W. Cross "], "item_description" : "Juvenile Fiction: Middle-grade fantasy for ages 9-14Winner 2025 Royal Dragonfly Middle-Grade Book Award -Royal Dragonfly Book Awards (recognizing superior kid-tested and judge-certified books)Will please young readers who enjoy intelligent, witty writing. Entirely immersive, rich in detail, and full of well-developed characters. Many sections read like pure poetry. This is the stuff of delightfully wonderful, whimsical dreams. -The US Review of Books (RECOMMENDED review) Finalist - Best youth literature published in the United States -National Book FoundationFinalist - Best Juvenile Fiction Book -Indie Book Awards4.5 star -AmazonAs a librarian, I am always on the look out for exceptional middle grade books. The Idea Miners fits the bill. -Goodreads reviewerPW Cross knows what his readers will like-hidden worlds, crazy characters, and danger! -Tim Grundmann, an author of Disney's Doug Chronicles series A sad boy. Without a single friend. His future bleak. Joey's world has shattered. His only friend, Ben, has moved away with his family. Sad and depressed, Joey's startled by the sudden appearance of an odd man who challenges him to look at the world differently and see hidden wonders right in front of him.He follows the man through a portal to a parallel world and is elated to find his friend Ben there-but stunned to discover that they're at the source of all ideas. To spend time together, they must join an expedition with two feisty dwarfs led by a mysterious girl in search of a monumental idea, but Joey fears for their lives since this world contains bloodthirsty trolls and crazed giants.Will Joey and his friend join the expedition and survive? If the expedition fails, Joey's world will face an uncertain future.The Lost Lake Dig is the groundbreaking first book in The Idea Miners middle-grade fantasy trilogy. While the story is full of excitement and danger, it's also a message of hope and encouragement for the future. On the surface it's a fantasy adventure, but underneath flows a stream of world-altering ideas, highlighting the gift of the human intellect.If you like hidden worlds with bizarre creatures, bonds of friendship, and danger, then you'll love P. W. Cross's fantasy adventure.Read The Idea Miners-The Lost Lake Dig today, to mine for new ideas, excitement, and inspiration!", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/0/96/628/008/0966280083_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "14.99", "online_price" : "14.99", "our_price" : "14.99", "club_price" : "14.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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