{"product_id":"9781599900407","title":"Pastworld","description":"\u003cstrong\u003ePastworld\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Ian Beck\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if all of London were really an amusement park—a whole city returned to Victorian times to entertain visitors from the twenty-first century? That's the wildly original premise of Ian Beck's \u003ci\u003ePastworld, \u003c\/i\u003ea high-stakes mystery set in a simulated past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEve is a lifelong resident of Pastworld who doesn't know she's living in a theme park until a mysterious threat forces her to leave home.  Caleb is a visiting tourist who finds the lawlessness of the past thrilling—until he suddenly becomes a fugitive from an antiquated justice system. And in the midst of it all, in the thick London fog a dark and deadly figure prowls, claiming victim after victim.  He's the Fantom, a creature both of the past and of the present, in whose dark purpose Caleb and Eve will find their destinies combined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePage-turning, complex, and haunting, \u003ci\u003ePastworld\u003c\/i\u003e masterfully exposes the human experience of the past, of violence, of technology, and of entertainment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781599900407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury USA Childrens","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40594068832462,"sku":"9781599900407","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_b8aee21b-6e07-468a-8ab3-78ba96b27471.jpg?v=1637800483","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781599900407","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}