{"product_id":"2940170411290","title":"The Ventriloquists","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this triumphant debut inspired by true events, a ragtag gang of journalists and resistance fighters risk everything for an elaborate scheme to undermine the Reich.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nazis stole their voices. But they would not be silenced.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrussels, 1943. Twelve-year-old street orphan Helene survives by living as a boy and selling copies of the country¿s most popular newspaper, Le Soir, now turned into Nazi propaganda. Helene¿s entire world changes when she befriends a rogue journalist, Marc Aubrion, who draws her into a secret network that publishes dissident underground newspapers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Nazis track down Aubrion¿s team and give them an impossible choice: Turn the resistance newspapers into a Nazi propaganda bomb that will sway public opinion against the Allies, or be killed. Faced with no decision at all, Aubrion has a brilliant idea. While pretending to do the Nazis¿ bidding, they will instead publish a fake edition of Le Soir that pokes fun at Hitler and Stalin amp;mdash; daring to laugh in the face of their oppressors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ventriloquists have agreed to die for a joke, and they have only 18 days to tell it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing an unforgettable cast of characters and stunning historical detail, E. R. Ramzipoor¿s dazzling debut novel illuminates the extraordinary acts of courage by ordinary people forgotten by time. It is a moving and powerful ode to the importance of the written word and to the unlikely heroes who went to extreme lengths to orchestrate the most stunning feat of journalism in modern history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115242340592,"sku":"2940170411290","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170411290_p0.jpg?v=1763709374","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170411290","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}