{"product_id":"the-cedarville-shop-and-the-wheelbarrow-swap-9781946395665","title":"The Cedarville Shop and the Wheelbarrow Swap","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA 2024 Skipping Stones Honor Award winner \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of The Next Generation Indie Book Award \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Nile Book Award nominee for the White Nile Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the award-winning author of Small Mercies, named a Best Middle-Grade Book of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhen Boipelo Seku learns about a man who traded his way from a paperclip to a house, he starts a trade of his own in his small village of Cedarville, South Africa, accidentally setting in motion a string of good deeds that will change his community forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I’ve decided that some people put out fires and leave the world cold and hopeless and others nurse the kindling, blow like mad and fan the flames with whatever they have at hand - so that everyone feels its warmth.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA lot of things can feel just out of reach in 12-year-old Boipelo Seku's small, impoverished village of Cedarville, South Africa. The idea of one day living in a house that's big enough for his family is just a faraway dream. But when Boi stumbles on a story about a Canadian man who traded his way from a paperclip to a house, Boi hatches his own trading plan starting with a tiny clay cow he molded from river mud. Trade by trade, Boi and his best friend Potso discover that even though Cedarville lacks so many of the things that made the paperclip trade possible, it is fuller than either of them ever imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn a chain of events that turns Boi's tiny spark into a warming fire, Boi learns the power of friendship and community, and finds that something’s value isn’t in what you can trade for it, but in the good it brings to the people you love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWith a motley crew of characters, wholehearted humor, and a whole lot of hope,\u003cem\u003e The Cedarville Shop and the Wheelbarrow Swap\u003c\/em\u003e is a joyful read for lovers of \u003cem\u003eThe Penderwicks\u003c\/em\u003e or classics like \u003cem\u003eThe Moffats\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bridget Krone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48281366692091,"sku":"9781946395665","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781946395665_e6bc3c29-8f89-434e-a022-874e0f355eb6.jpg?v=1772488180","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-cedarville-shop-and-the-wheelbarrow-swap-9781946395665","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}