{"product_id":"the-gauntlet","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 Jumanji with a Middle Eastern flair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNothing can prepare you for The\u003cem\u003e Gauntlet\u003c\/em\u003e…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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: \u003cem\u003eThe Gauntlet of Blood and Sand\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Gauntlet\u003c\/em\u003e 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":43498331930824,"sku":"BPHC10302899","price":7.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0643\/2034\/0168\/files\/9781481486965.jpg?v=1712963920","url":"https:\/\/theblossomingbookshop.com\/products\/the-gauntlet","provider":"The Blossoming Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}