{"product_id":"mercury-boys","title":"Mercury Boys","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMercury Boys\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eChandra Prasad\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781641293877\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSoho Teen\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e360\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\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 \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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Soho Teen","offers":[{"title":"Mercury Boys | Chandra Prasad | Paperback | 9781641293877 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks B 1778346","offer_id":49814209429656,"sku":"1778346","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71SIzWzGuiL.jpg?v=1788534648","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/mercury-boys","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}