{"product_id":"westfallen-9781665950817","title":"Westfallen","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"What a thrilling--and chilling--adventure!\" --Margaret Peterson Haddix, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants author Ann Brashares and her brother Ben Brashares comes the first book in a \"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epulse-pounding\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003emiddle grade alternate history thriller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003etrilogy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e that asks what it would be like \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ein present-day America if Germany had won World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHenry, Frances, and Lukas are neighbors, and they used to be best friends. But in middle school Frances got emo, Lukas went to private school, and Henry just felt left behind. When they come together again for the funeral of a pet gerbil, the three ex-friends make a mind-blowing discovery: a radio, buried in Henry's backyard, that allows them to talk to another group of kids in the same town...in the same backyard...eighty years in the past. The kids in 1944 want to know about the future: Are there laser guns? Flying cars? Jetpacks, at least? Most of all, they want to know about the outcome of the world war their dad and brothers are fighting in. Though Henry is cautious--he's seen movies about what happens when you disrupt the fabric of time--soon the present-day kids are sending their new friends on a mission to rescue a doomed candy store. What harm could that do? But one change leads to another, and when the six friends alter history in the biggest way possible, it's up to them to change it back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnn Brashares is a writer and mother of four living in New York City. She is the author of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series as well as several other novels. Before becoming a novelist, she was a student of philosophy, a receptionist, an editor, a ghostwriter, and briefly, the copresident of a small media company. Before that, she grew up in Washington, DC, with her three brothers and a stunning number of weird pets. She helped her youngest brother, Ben, with his socks and shoes every morning before school until he learned to tie his own shoes himself, around ninth grade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBen Brashares lives with his wife and three kids in Montclair, New Jersey. He is the author of two children's books, \u003ci\u003eBeing Edie Is Hard Today\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Whipplethorp Bug Collection\u003c\/i\u003e. He holds an MFA in creative writing and has worked at and written for several magazines, including \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. He spent much of his youth wading through heaps of clothes in his big sister's room looking for the family's escape-artist tarantula, Fredricka. He may or may not have put Frederika on his sister's head while she slept.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874937803026,"sku":"9781665950817","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_726abd81-7972-4238-8849-e48cb8c62400.jpg?v=1738012278","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/westfallen-9781665950817","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}