{"product_id":"the-world-at-midnight-9781665950879","title":"The World at Midnight (Westfallen, 3) [Brashares, Ann]","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAnn Brashares,Ben Brashares\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom #1\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ebestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants author Ann Brashares and her brother Ben Brashares comes the\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ethird and final book in the action-packed middle grade alternate history thriller trilogy that asks what present-day America would be like if Germany had won World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHenry, Frances, and Lukas are still stuck in Westfallen in 2023. They're out of ideas on how to get home until they discover a series of historical comic books that outline how Nazi high command in Germany found out the details of D-Day. Now they've got to work with their friends Alice, Lawrence, and Artie in 1944 to follow the clues in the comic books to stop the message from getting across the Atlantic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLukas has been conscripted to play baseball--normally impossible for a Jewish kid in Westfallen, but his talent is undeniable--and he's got to find a way to stay on the team and stay alive when everyone around him wants to see him fail or worse. That gets tougher when a scrappy Jewish orphan and runaway starts following him and hiding under his bed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, in 1944, Artie finds out his German-born father is more involved in helping the Nazi cause than he realized--and when his father steals the radio that allows them to talk with kids across time, everything they've worked for is threatened. And once Henry discovers there's way more to the mysterious well than any of them ever imagined, it's going to take all six kids' courage, ingenuity, and a bit of luck to swim against the tide of time and restore the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781665950879\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnn Brashares is a writer and mother of four living in New York City. She is the author of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series as well as several other novels. Before becoming a novelist, she was a student of philosophy, a receptionist, an editor, a ghostwriter, and briefly, the copresident of a small media company. Before that, she grew up in Washington, DC, with her three brothers and a stunning number of weird pets. She helped her youngest brother, Ben, with his socks and shoes every morning before school until he learned to tie his own shoes himself, around ninth grade. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBen Brashares lives with his wife and three kids in Montclair, New Jersey. He is the author of two children's books, \u003ci\u003eBeing Edie Is Hard Today\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Whipplethorp Bug Collection\u003c\/i\u003e. He holds an MFA in creative writing and has worked at and written for several magazines, including \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. He spent much of his youth wading through heaps of clothes in his big sister's room looking for the family's escape-artist tarantula, Fredricka. He may or may not have put Frederika on his sister's head while she slept.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45533344891056,"sku":"9781665950879b","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/the-world-at-midnight-9781665950879","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}