{"product_id":"the-just-city-by-jo-walton-9781472150769","title":"The Just City","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHere in the Just City you will become your best selves. You will learn and grow and strive to be excellent.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne day, in a moment of philosophical puckishness, the time-travelling goddess Pallas Athene decides to put Plato to the test and create the \u003cem\u003eJust City\u003c\/em\u003e. She locates the City on a Mediterranean island and populates it with over ten thousand children and a few hundred adults from all eras of history, along with some handy robots from the far human future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, Apollo, stunned by the realisation that there are things that human beings understand better than he does, has decided to become a mortal child, head to Athene's City and see what all the fuss is about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen Socrates arrives and starts asking troublesome questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat happens next is a tale only the brilliant Jo Walton could tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47869105045740,"sku":"9781472150769","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781472150769-the-just-city.jpg?v=1782870639","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-just-city-by-jo-walton-9781472150769","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}