{"product_id":"the-boat-runner-9780062658012","title":"The Boat Runner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of \u003cem\u003eAll\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Light We Cannot See\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Nightingale, \u003c\/em\u003e comes an incandescent debut novel about a young Dutch man who comes of age during the perilousness of World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning in the summer of 1939, fourteen-year-old Jacob Koopman and his older brother, Edwin, enjoy lives of prosperity and quiet contentment. Many of the residents in their small Dutch town have some connection to the Koopman lightbulb factory, and the locals hold the family in high esteem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn days when they aren't playing with friends, Jacob and Edwin help their Uncle Martin on his fishing boat in the North Sea, where German ships have become a common sight. But conflict still seems unthinkable, even as the boys' father naively sends his sons to a Hitler Youth Camp in an effort to secure German business for the factory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen war breaks out, Jacob's world is thrown into chaos. \u003cem\u003eThe Boat Runner\u003c\/em\u003e follows Jacob over the course of four years, through the forests of France, the stormy beaches of England, and deep within the secret missions of the German Navy, where he is confronted with the moral dilemma that will change his life--and his life's mission--forever. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpic in scope and featuring a thrilling narrative with precise, elegant language, \u003cem\u003e The Boat Runner\u003c\/em\u003e tells the little-known story of the young Dutch boys who were thrown into the Nazi campaign, as well as the brave boatmen who risked everything to give Jewish refugees safe passage to land abroad. Through one boy's harrowing tale of personal redemption, here is a novel about the power of people's stories and voices to shine light through our darkest days, until only love prevails. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurphy, Devin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDevin Murphy\u003c\/strong\u003e is the nationally bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Boat Runner. \u003c\/em\u003eHis fiction has appeared in more than sixty literary journals and anthologies, including \u003cem\u003eThe Missouri Review, Glimmer Train, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Confrontation\u003c\/em\u003e. He is an Associate Professor at Bradley University and lives in Chicago with his wife and kids.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewww.devinmurphyauthor.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726052692242,"sku":"9780062658012","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0ead48fc-04e8-410d-a9d3-63716173a568.jpg?v=1734852608","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-boat-runner-9780062658012","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}