{"product_id":"winston-chu-vs-the-whimsies","title":"Winston Chu vs. the Whimsies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eBest-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling author Stacey Lee's modern reimagining of a classic Chinese folktale--replete with magic, boba, and lots of trash talking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Twelve-year-old Winston Chu is supposed to learn impulse control at the cooking academy his mom enrolled him in. But learning to think before he acts won't happen overnight.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e While skateboarding home with a pie in hand, Winston inadvertently stops a robbery at Mr. Pang's Whimsies, an oddities shop in Chinatown. As a reward, Mr. Pang invites Winston to choose any item in the store. But the strange old man warns Winston to browse carefully, for the first thing Winston touches will be the thing he gets. Before Winston can decide, a magpie flies under a shelf, and he impulsively grabs an old broom to sweep it out.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mr. Pang hands him the broom, along with a dustpan. \"\"Two for one. Congratulations.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Deflated, Winston returns home, determined to put the broom incident behind him. Or at least in the closet. But when some of his most beloved possessions go missing, all Winston can think about are the broom and dustpan. Did they somehow take his stuff? And what--or who--will they dispose of next?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It's time to break into Mr. Pang's Whimsies, where clearly there's more going on than meets the far-seeing eyeball. It's time to fight magic with magic. And this time, Winston better have a plan.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEndorsed by Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, soon to be a series on Disney+.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Look for these other exciting adventures from Rick Riordan Presents:\u003cbr\u003e Rick Riordan Presents: \u003ci\u003eThe Last Fallen Moon\u003c\/i\u003e by Graci Kim\u003cbr\u003e Rick Riordan Presents: \u003ci\u003eDragon Pearl\u003c\/i\u003e by Yoon Ha Lee\u003cbr\u003e Rick Riordan Presents: \u003ci\u003ePahua and the Soul Stealer\u003c\/i\u003e by Lori M. Lee\u003cbr\u003e Rick Riordan Presents: \u003ci\u003eAru Shah and the End of Time\u003c\/i\u003e by Roshani Chokshi\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schwabe","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":48949213004028,"sku":"bh10007304","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/4617\/2412\/files\/2059783482675.jpg?v=1780613882","url":"https:\/\/classroombookshelf.com\/products\/winston-chu-vs-the-whimsies","provider":"Classroom Bookshelf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}