{"product_id":"the-thicket-9780316248754","title":"The Thicket","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow streaming on Netflix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a rip-roaring adventure set at the dark dawn of the East Texas oil boom, a young boy draws in two unlikely bounty hunters in his search for his sister.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e“Reads like a dark version of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand feels like a Coen brothers movie.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e―\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e“The bard of East Texas is back.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e―\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eJack Parker thought he'd already seen his fair share of tragedy. His grandmother was killed in a farm accident when he was barely five years old. His parents have just succumbed to the smallpox epidemic sweeping turn-of-the-century East Texas--orphaning him and his younger sister, Lula. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen catastrophe strikes on the way to their uncle's farm, when a traveling group of bank-robbing bandits murder Jack's grandfather and kidnap his sister. With no elders left for miles, Jack must grow up fast and enlist a band of heroes the likes of which has never been seen if his sister stands any chance at survival. But the best he can come up with is a charismatic, bounty-hunting dwarf named Shorty, a grave-digging son of an ex-slave named Eustace, and a street-smart woman-for-hire named Jimmie Sue who's come into some very intimate knowledge about the bandits (and a few members of Jack's extended family to boot). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the throes of being civilized, East Texas is still a wild, feral place. Oil wells spurt liquid money from the ground. But as Jack's about to find out, blood and redemption rule supreme. \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67892795605170,"sku":"9780316248754","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/9780316248754.jpg?v=1793822756","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/the-thicket-9780316248754","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}