{"product_id":"nothing-9781442441163b","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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Nothing matters.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"From the moment you are born, you start to die.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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!\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e So 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":"Simon and Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42870089121872,"sku":"9781442441163B","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781442441163-l.jpg?v=1785901686","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/nothing-9781442441163b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}