{"product_id":"9781460766057-retail-the-mushroom-in-the-sky","title":"The Mushroom in the Sky","description":"In the 80th anniversary year, Jackie French explores the dropping of the bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, which ended World War 2.   1942. Japan has bombed   Sydney Harbour. Sixteen-year-old Ossie lies about his age to protect his   country, even though it means abandoning his only family, a one-eyed dog   named Lucky. Kind-hearted Mrs   Plum is already looking after forty-six dogs belonging to soldiers who've   gone to war. She can't possibly care for another. But just when she's   becoming desperate to find a way to feed them, help arrives:   thirteen-year-old Kat Murphy volunteers to take Lucky and persuades the girls   at school to help, too. As Kat and Lucky   grow closer, Kat realises he can still see Ossie, the master he loves. And   somehow, Kat and Ossie catch glimpses into each other's lives, too. This   extraordinary connection helps Ossie survive when he is taken as a prisoner   of war to Japan. There, he witnesses a strange mushroom cloud rise above   Nagasaki - the result of a bomb that will take, save and change lives, and   forever leave the question: was it worth it? Taken from first-hand Japanese accounts of that momentous but often misunderstood   time, this is a story of quiet heroism and endurance in the face of an   unimaginable horror that continues to resound to this day.","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48506444480731,"sku":"9781460766057-RETAIL","price":15.29,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d9874eaa-e5b0-4638-9833-ffa7c27589e6_9c7bd213-43e9-4104-9804-8c0a09cdc881.jpg?v=1774357736","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781460766057-retail-the-mushroom-in-the-sky","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}