{"product_id":"puppet-isbn-9781770492967","title":"Puppet","description":"A heartbreaking episode in history, explained through the story of a young servant girl in the late 1800s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1882. A young servant girl named Esther disappears from a small Hungarian village. Several Jewish men from the village of Tisza Eszvar face the ‘blood libel’ — the centuries-old calumny that Jews murder Christian children for their blood. A fourteen-year-old Jewish boy named Morris Scharf becomes the star witness of corrupt authorities who coerce him into testifying against his fellow Jews, including his own father, at the trial. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis powerful fictionalized account of one of the last blood libel trial in Europe is told through the eyes of Julie, a friend of the murdered Esther, and a servant at the jail where Morris is imprisoned. Julie is no stranger to suffering herself. An abused child, when her mother dies her alcoholic father separates her from her beloved baby sister. Julie and Morris, bound by the tragedy of the times, become unlikely allies. Although \u003cb\u003ePuppet\u003c\/b\u003e is a novel, it is based upon a real court case that took place in Hungary in 1883. In Hungary today, the name Morris Scharf has become synonymous with “traitor.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce again, Eva Wiseman illuminates a heartbreaking episode in history for young readers.\u003cp\u003e “The tension builds to the trial scenes, and the climax is electrifying with its public drama on the witness stand and the heartbreak between Morris and his dad. Adults will want this, too.” \u003cbr\u003e—Starred Review, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“…the book offers a valuable look at a historical phenomenon that contemporary readers would find difficult to comprehend; the subject matter will compel their attention.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Publisher’s Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in Hungary, \u003cb\u003eEva Wiseman\u003c\/b\u003e came to Canada with her family when she was a girl. She began writing at a young age, and her first young adult novel, \u003cb\u003eA Place Not Home\u003c\/b\u003e, was a finalist for numerous literary awards across North America and was selected for the New York Public Library’s annual Best Books for the Teen Age list. Her second novel, \u003cb\u003eMy Canary Yellow Star\u003c\/b\u003e, was also shortlisted for several awards, won the McNally Robinson Books for Young People Award, and was selected for the New York Public Library’s annual Best Books for the Teen Age list. Her novel \u003cb\u003eNo One Must Know\u003c\/b\u003e was equally critically acclaimed and won the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award. Her novel \u003cb\u003eKanada\u003c\/b\u003e was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award and was the winner of the prestigious Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction. Eva Wiseman is the mother of two, and she lives in Winnipeg with her husband.","brand":"Tundra Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301911613669,"sku":"NP9781770492967","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781770492967.jpg?v=1767735219","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/puppet-isbn-9781770492967","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}