{"product_id":"books-nothing-by-janne-teller","title":"Nothing","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis 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 \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNothing matters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the moment you are born, you start to die. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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?","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480761819409,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781416985792.jpg?v=1777552224","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-nothing-by-janne-teller","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}