{"product_id":"9781481486965","title":"The Gauntlet","description":"\u003cp\u003eA trio of friends from New York City find themselves trapped inside a mechanical board game that they must dismantle in order to save themselves and generations of other children in this action-packed debut that’s a steampunk \u003ci\u003eJumanji \u003c\/i\u003ewith a Middle Eastern flair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing can prepare you for The Gauntlet...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt didn’t look dangerous, exactly. When twelve-year-old Farah first laid eyes on the old-fashioned board game, she thought it looked...elegant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is made of wood, etched with exquisite images—a palace with domes and turrets, lattice-work windows that cast eerie shadows, a large spider—and at the very center of its cover, in broad letters, is written: \u003ci\u003eThe Gauntlet of Blood and Sand\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Gauntlet is more than a game, though. It is the most ancient, the most dangerous kind of magic. It holds worlds inside worlds. And it takes players as prisoners.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salaam Reads \/ Simon \u0026 Schuster Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028054556912,"sku":"9781481486965","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781481486965_p0.jpg?v=1763622742","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781481486965","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}