{"product_id":"book-glql","title":"Phalaina","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe discover a new species of life form every day. But, every day, a species also disappears.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eThe fly has 10 chromosomes,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003ethe hamster 22, the rat 42, the human 46,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003ethe chimpanzee 48, the cow 60,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eand the butterfly 380.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eLondon, 1881.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eThere’s something a little eerie about Manon—she’s not like the other girls at the orphanage. Maybe it’s her red eyes. Maybe it’s her silence. Maybe it’s the series of violent deaths that seem to follow her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eWhat we do know: someone is hot on her tail. And there’s a lot of money at stake in finding out where exactly she comes from—and what exactly she is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eConcurrent to Manon’s story are letters to Charles Darwin from Professor Humphrey, a scientist who has recently died under mysterious circumstances. Is it true that natural selection left humans at the top of the pyramid of life after all? Or in the process of evolution, was there something elemental that humans lost, something that connected us to the rest of life on earth? Who and what else is out there?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eIn order to stay alive, Manon must untangle the mystery of her origins, and perhaps the origins of humanity as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eFrom French writer Alice Brière-Haquet and translated by PEN Award-winning translator Emma Ramadan comes this middle-grade historical sci-fi thriller you won’t be able to pause.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49358065860912,"sku":"BDglql","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49358066286896,"sku":"ZEglql","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49358065926448,"sku":"ZMglql","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/77581-glql-Square.jpg?v=1734442109","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-glql","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}