{"product_id":"9780385744614","title":"The Eye of Midnight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Combining a 1920s New York setting with ancient Turkish and Arabian folklore and history, this novel reads like a young Indiana Jones adventure. . . . As smart as it is action-packed.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On a stormy May day in 1929, William and Maxine arrive on the doorstep of Battersea Manor to spend the summer with a grandfather they barely remember. Whatever the cousins expected, Colonel Battersea isn’t it. Soon after they settle in, Grandpa receives a cryptic telegram and promptly whisks the cousins off to New York City to meet an unknown courier and collect a very important package. Before he can do so, however, Grandpa vanishes without a trace. When the cousins stumble upon Nura, a tenacious girl from Turkey, she promises to help them track down the parcel and rescue Colonel Battersea. But with cold-blooded gangsters and a secret society of assassins all clamoring for the mysterious object, the children soon find themselves in a desperate struggle just to escape the city’s dark streets alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A youthful mystery \u003cb\u003eworthy of John Bellairs\u003c\/b\u003e, with lyrical language \u003cb\u003ereminiscent of Edith Nesbit\u003c\/b\u003e; yet it stands on its own, creating a fully realized world with clearly defined lines of good and evil, and just a dash of magic.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Readers of R. L. LaFevers’s Theodosia Throckmorton series as well as \u003cb\u003elovers of the Rick Riordan books will enjoy this\u003c\/b\u003e. A well-crafted adventure with a dash of magic.” —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Brumbach’s \u003cb\u003evivid descriptions\u003c\/b\u003e and terse, to-the-point dialogue keep the action moving and readers constantly engaged and surprised. . . . \u003cb\u003eA fast-paced, action-packed adventure\u003c\/b\u003e.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010980757744,"sku":"9780385744614","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780385744614_p0.jpg?v=1763695214","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780385744614","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}