{"product_id":"9781536225990","title":"The Summer We Found the Baby","description":"\u003cb\u003eSet during World War II, this poignant, briskly paced historical novel relays the events of one extraordinary summer from three engaging points of view.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the morning of the dedication of the new children’s library in Belle Beach, Long Island, eleven-year-old Julie Sweet and her six-year-old sister, Martha, find a baby in a basket on the library steps. At the same time, twelve-year-old Bruno Ben-Eli is on his way to the train station to catch the 9:15 train into New York City. He is on an important errand for his brother, who is a soldier overseas in World War II. But when Bruno spies Julie, the same Julie who hasn’t spoken to him for sixteen days, heading away from the library with a baby in her arms, he has to follow her. \u003ci\u003eHoly everything,\u003c\/i\u003e he thinks. \u003ci\u003eJulie Sweet is a kidnapper.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf course, the truth is much more complicated than the children know in this heartwarming and beautifully textured family story by award-winning author Amy Hest. Told in three distinct voices, each with a different take on events, the novel captures the moments and emotions of a life-changing summer — a summer in which a baby gives a family hope and brings a community together.","brand":"Amy Hest","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48035616522452,"sku":"9781536225990","price":12.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1291e60d-195c-4909-9659-18992dcc139e.jpg?v=1780363197","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781536225990","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}