{"product_id":"9780008724788","title":"The Spick and the Span","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Spick and the Span by Pil Van Martin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to many generations of careless magicians, the city of Helm is overflowing with magic, which has made it a very dangerous place to live. Leave anything alone for too long and it will transform into something else: your house will turn to gingerbread, your teapot will start pouring pond water or - if you're really unlucky - your floor will turn to lava.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe magicians liked to pretend it's them who keep the worst magical hiccups in check, but the real heroes of the whole sorry situation are of a wholly different occupation: equally well known but decidedly less respected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe heroes of the city of Helm are the cleaners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWard, an ambitious twelve-year-old cleaner, wants nothing more than to belong to the League of Cleaners, who will grant him the prestige and popularity he's been looking for all his life - if only he can pass three near-impossible tests. Struggling toward this goal with a team he doesn't trust, Ward's world is upended when his friend disappears and mysterious magic-eating monsters appear all over the city and start tearing holes in the fabric of reality. Suddenly his ambitions are the least of his problems...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PUBLISHER STOCK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43961023856755,"sku":"9780008724788","price":210.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2291\/7991\/files\/81Yv0MFHGGL._SL1500.jpg?v=1759916873","url":"https:\/\/readerswarehouse.us\/products\/9780008724788","provider":"Readers Warehouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}