{"product_id":"the-kidds-of-summerhill-9781788492317","title":"The Kidds of Summerhill","description":"In the spring of 1945 a mother dies, leaving four children to fend for themselves in a Dublin tenement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNancy, the oldest, lives in dread of the family being split up. The power to send them all to industrial schools such as Artane and Goldenbridge lies with the 'Cruelty Men'. Their spy, the Pig Farmer, lives next door and holds a long term grudge against the family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThankfully Nancy has loyal friends in Summerhill and the Diamond, among them Lilly, her brother Charlie Weaver, a Dublin newsboy, and their ma, Maggie. Through work, Nancy becomes friendly with Karla, a Jewish refugee from Prague.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Nancy accidentally betrays Charlie to the police, Charlie ends up in Artane industrial school. Desperate to keep her guilty secret and still help her friend, Nancy and Lilly come up with a plan to help Charlie escape on the boat to England. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust as her life begins to unravel, Karla steps in with a possible solution to Nancy's problems. Will Nancy succeed in keeping the family together? And at what cost?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e O'Brien Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788492317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"Ann Murtagh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39638589898933,"sku":"9781788492317","price":11.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ec803245-0b1f-4da5-9ce1-6bf520e69048.jpg?v=1617682682","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-kidds-of-summerhill-9781788492317","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}