{"title":"Janne Teller","description":"Janne Teller was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and has written several award-winning novels that have been translated into a number of languages. Nothing is the winner of the prestigious Best Children's Book Award from the Danish Cultural Ministry and is also a Printz Award Honor Book in the United States. Janne lives in New York City and Denmark.","products":[{"product_id":"nothing-paperback-1","title":"Nothing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Nothing matters.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"From the moment you are born, you start to die.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The 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":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50407642562783,"sku":"9781442441163","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/h46yvBCfW19781442441163.webp?v=1782136599"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/janne-teller.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}