{"product_id":"maris-hope-sandy-brehl-9781977216182","title":"Mari's Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Transports readers to the cold landscape of wartime Norway, as a brave, young heroine faces the cruel reality of oppression to join the underground resistance and do whatever it takes it save her family and her country.\"-- Michelle Houts, author of Winterfrost\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MARI'S HOPE delivers the dramatic conclusion to the trilogy begun with Odin's Promise, awarded the 2014 Midwest Book Award for Children's Fiction, and Bjorn's Gift (2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Mari's Hope, set in a small village in occupied western Norway in the final years of World War II, young Mari has become a valued helper to the village doctor. She also plays a role in her family's efforts in the local resistance, despite ever-present dangers, especially from the snooping soldier called Goatman and from Leif, her one-time school friend, now a German collaborator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the German war efforts falter, the pressure increases on the occupying troops to hold Norway firmly in their grip. But freedom-loving Norwegians will do their best to thwart those plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the series: \"An exciting look at the occupation of Norway, through the eyes of a young, brave girl.\" - Angela Cerrito, author of The Safest Lie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sandy Brehl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1977216188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781977216182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Outskirts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d","brand":"Sandy Brehl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941492228351,"sku":"9781977216182","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_cb1a47be-c3ec-476f-a1ac-6424ec016ac8.jpg?v=1681453239","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maris-hope-sandy-brehl-9781977216182","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}