{"product_id":"jamrachs-menagerie-paperback","title":"Jamrach's Menagerie - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Birch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNineteenth-century London comes vividly alive in this story a street urchin named Jaffy Brown. After a close call with an escaped tiger, Jaffy goes to work for Mr. Charles Jamrach, the famed importer of exotic animals. As the years pass, Mr. Jamrach recruits Jaffy and another boy named Tim to capture a fabled dragon during the course of an epic three-year whaling expedition in the East Indies. But when a violent storm sinks the ship, Jaffy and Tim are forced to confront their relationship to the natural world and the wildness it contains. \u003ci\u003eJamrach's Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e is a truly gripping novel about friendship, sacrifice, and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Birch \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of ten other novels. She has won the David Higham Prize for\u003ci\u003e Life in the Palace, \u003c\/i\u003e the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for \u003ci\u003eThe Fog Line, \u003c\/i\u003e and was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2003 for \u003ci\u003eTurn Again Home\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eJamrach's Menagerie \u003c\/i\u003eis her first full-length novel to be published in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 8.02 x 5.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 12, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47257233752313,"sku":"9780307743176","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/nK_yJ0Km2E9780307743176.webp?v=1768743409","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/jamrachs-menagerie-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}