{"product_id":"the-trick-9781501155833","title":"The Trick","description":"\u003cb\u003eSweeping between Prague during World War II and modern-day Los Angeles, \u003ci\u003e\"The Trick \u003c\/i\u003eis a lyrical, uplifting, and funny story that will tug at all of your heartstrings\" (Armando Lucas Correa, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe German Girl\u003c\/i\u003e) that follows a young boy seeking out a cynical, old magician in the hopes that his spells might keep his family together.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1934, a rabbi's son in Prague joins a traveling circus, becomes a magician, and rises to fame under the stage name the Great Zabbatini, just as Europe descends into World War II. When Zabbatini is discovered to be a Jew, his battered trunk full of magic tricks becomes his only hope for survival. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeventy years later in Los Angeles, ten-year-old Max finds a scratched-up LP that captured Zabbatini performing his greatest illusions. But the track in which Zabbatini performs the spell of eternal love--the spell Max believes will keep his parents from getting divorced--is damaged beyond repair. Desperate for a solution, Max seeks out the now elderly, cynical magician and begs him for help. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith gentle wisdom and heartbreaking humor, this is an inventive, deeply moving story about a young boy who needs a miracle, and a disillusioned old man who needs redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501155833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.30w x 1.00d","brand":"Emanuel Bergmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42353124933813,"sku":"9781501155833","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e7ba1f83-9047-4941-8d49-2bfe1eb87aff.jpg?v=1661843961","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-trick-9781501155833","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}