{"product_id":"maris-hope-9781977216182","title":"Mari's Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Transports readers to the cold landscape of wartime Norway, as a brave, young heroine faces the cruel reality of oppression to join the underground resistance and do whatever it takes it save her family and her country.\"-- Michelle Houts, author of Winterfrost\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MARI'S HOPE delivers the dramatic conclusion to the trilogy begun with Odin's Promise, awarded the 2014 Midwest Book Award for Children's Fiction, and Bjorn's Gift (2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Mari's Hope, set in a small village in occupied western Norway in the final years of World War II, young Mari has become a valued helper to the village doctor. She also plays a role in her family's efforts in the local resistance, despite ever-present dangers, especially from the snooping soldier called Goatman and from Leif, her one-time school friend, now a German collaborator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the German war efforts falter, the pressure increases on the occupying troops to hold Norway firmly in their grip. But freedom-loving Norwegians will do their best to thwart those plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the series: \"An exciting look at the occupation of Norway, through the eyes of a young, brave girl.\" - Angela Cerrito, author of The Safest Lie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Outskirts Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50434383610130,"sku":"9781977216182","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d4fbb97d-e210-49c6-82c8-8040cd789be7.jpg?v=1729600522","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/maris-hope-9781977216182","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}