{"product_id":"9780595425075","title":"The World of Illusion","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to \u003ci\u003eThe World of Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e-This is the world that many people, including the characters in this collection of short stories, think is real, when it is actually a world they create themselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Summer Jobs, The Agony and the Ecstasy,\" a boy who believes the summer is traditionally for fun realizes the hard way that sometimes this assumption is not necessarily true. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve believes the world-the restricting world he has created for himself-will come to an end after he delivers a mediocre oral report in \"Freedom.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSammy is a 9-year old boy in \"Cotton Candy Circus\" who is just beginning to learn an illusion he will later create for himself when he is older. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSammy, now a high school student, in \"The Bet $$$$,\" lives in a world where he is popular when in reality, he is actually offensive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Shake-Speared,\" Freddie the football player thinks he will lose his reputation and whatever chance he has of gaining friends if he is cast in a Shakespearian play. Freddie again faces the thought of losing everything in \"The Mistake\" when he fumbles the ball in a football game. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout \u003ci\u003eThe World of Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e, author J. F. Mattaino explores the consequences of the shortsightedness and shortcomings of these very ordinary characters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48466403721457,"sku":"9780595425075","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780595425075_p0.jpg?v=1785643139","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780595425075","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}