{"id":2004528,"date":"2025-08-04T03:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/none\/102\/\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T03:04:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:04:56","slug":"102-2","status":"publish","type":"hbg-title","link":"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/matthew-cordell\/102\/9780316580953\/","title":{"rendered":"102"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<section class=\"event-list__container\">\n\t<h2 class=\"event-list__header\">\n\t\tUpcoming Events\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n<ul class=\"event-list\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"event-list__item\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"event-list__item-time\">\n\t\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2026-04-12T14:00:00+00:00\">April 12, 2026 \/ 2:00PM CDT<\/time>\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"event-list__item-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tThe Book Stall\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"event-list__item-description\">The Book Stall is thrilled to host award-winning author and illustrator 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