{"product_id":"nothing-9781442441163","title":"Nothing","description":"This modern-day \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting existential novel, both award-winning and and provocative. Now in paperback as part of the Atheneum Collection  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Nothing matters.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"From the moment you are born, you start to die.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The Earth is 4.6 billion years old. You'll live to be a maximum of one hundred. Life isn't worth the bother \" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo says Pierre Anthon when he decides there is no meaning to life, leaves his seventh-grade classroom, climbs a plum tree, and stays there. His friends and classmates cannot get him to come down, not even by pelting him with rocks. So to prove to him that there is a meaning to life, they set out to give up things of importance, challenging one another to make increasingly serious sacrifices. The pile is started with a lifetime's collection of Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons books, a fishing rod, a pair of green sandals, a pet hamster--but then, as each demand becomes more extreme, events take a morbid twist. And what if, after all these sacrifices, the pile is still not meaningful enough to bring Pierre Anthon down?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atheneum Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442441163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.89w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e136011 \/ Nothing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.1 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 5\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Janne Teller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36651113578652,"sku":"9781442441163","price":11.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f1ed90b3-a841-4b2a-aa34-f16b48427424.jpg?v=1603876865","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/nothing-9781442441163","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}