{"product_id":"9780140546132","title":"The Boy Who Held Back the Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the award-winning and renowned illustrator Thomas Locker, beautiful oil-painted illustrations pair with this wonderful retelling of the traditional Dutch folktale. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJan had never done anything more heroic than shout for the guard because he’d imagined he’d seen a sea serpent. But when Jan discovered water trickling through a desolate stretch of the dike that protected his low-lying village, he knew he had to act fast.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Visually stunning.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Locker's depiction of nature overpowering humanity is especially significant to the story and to the Dutch people who have spent centuries battling the sea.\"—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Young Readers Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044859166960,"sku":"9780140546132","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780140546132_p0.jpg?v=1763655487","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780140546132","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}