{"product_id":"when-the-world-was-ours-9781534499669","title":"When the World Was Ours","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Emily Windsnap series, Liz Kessler, comes a \"brutally honest and totally believable\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) story of three young friends whose fates are intertwined during the devastation of the Holocaust--based on a true story.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree friends. One memory. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVienna. 1936. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree young friends--Leo, Elsa, and Max--spend a perfect day together, unaware that around them Europe is descending into a growing darkness and that they will soon be cruelly ripped apart from one another. With their lives taking them across Europe--to Germany, England, Prague, and Poland--will they ever find their way back to one another? Will they want to? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by a true story, \u003ci\u003eWhen the World Was Ours\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary novel that is as powerful as it is heartbreaking and that shows how the bonds of love, family, and friendship allow glimmers of hope to flourish, even in the most hopeless of times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiz Kessler is the author of twenty-three books for children and young adults. Her books range from Early Readers to books for Young Adults and include the internationally best-selling series about half-mermaid Emily Windsnap. She has an MA in Novel Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University and has been a full-time author for the last twenty years. Her new novel, \u003ci\u003eWhen the World Was Ours, \u003c\/i\u003e was inspired by her father's childhood escape from the Nazis just before the second world war. Liz lives with her wife and their dog in rural Cheshire.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aladdin Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50605421789458,"sku":"9781534499669","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_617b38ba-9265-4e28-add1-99062ab272b8.jpg?v=1732276048","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/when-the-world-was-ours-9781534499669","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}