{"product_id":"9780008256944","title":"The 1,000-year-old Boy","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Ross Welford\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAdventure stories (Children's \/ Teenage)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 11 January 2018 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperCollins Children's Books) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 197 x 26mm | 284g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe astonishing, beautiful new story for all readers of 10 and over from the bestselling and Costa-shortlisted author of TIME TRAVELLING WITH A HAMSTER.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A wonderful story' Kiran Millwood Hargrave\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e There are stories about people who want to live forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is not one of those stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is a story about someone who wants to stop…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Alfie Monk is like any other nearly teenage boy – except he’s 1,000 years old and can remember the last Viking invasion of England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Obviously no one believes him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e So when everything Alfie knows and loves is destroyed in a fire, and the modern world comes crashing in, Alfie embarks on a mission to find friendship, acceptance, and a different way to live…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e … which means finding a way to make sure he will eventually die.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ross Welford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56495263711557,"sku":"9780008256944","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780008256944_dac13f58-4874-4d11-b237-9abe294160ed.jpg?v=1769612293","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780008256944","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}