{"product_id":"boy-vs-shark","title":"Boy vs. Shark","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Gilligan \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hilarious middle-grade graphic memoir about boyhood, toxic masculinity and a shark named Jaws. For fans of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuts\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Kid\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the summer of 1975, 10-year-old Paul Gilligan doesn’t have a whole lot to worry about other than keeping his comic books untarnished, getting tennis balls off roofs and keeping up with the increasingly bold stunts of his best friend, David.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd then \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJaws\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e comes to town.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuddenly everyone is obsessing over this movie about a shark ripping people to pieces. And if you haven’t seen it, not only are you missing out, you’re also kind of a wimp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeedless to say, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJaws\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eleaves young Paul a cowering mess, and underlines the growing gap between him and David as well as the distance between where he stands and the world’s expectations of a boy’s “manliness.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd when Jaws himself becomes a kind of macho Jiminy Cricket for Paul, what is a scared and overwhelmed boy to do?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRH","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49260105367838,"sku":"9781774880463","price":19.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/3584\/9246\/files\/9781774880463.jpg?v=1728993979","url":"https:\/\/www.cedarcanoebooks.com\/products\/boy-vs-shark","provider":"Cedar Canoe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}