{"product_id":"9780008857165","title":"Time to Play : Book 1","description":"\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 November 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Apocalypse Parenting' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 129mm | 240g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe start of a rollicking, unputdownable LitRPG series that Matt Dinniman calls “pure gold” in which everyone on Earth is forced to take part in a worldwide survival competition—everyone, including Meghan Moretti and her three lovably chaotic kids.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Picture this: You’re home with your three kids, racing to get soccer uniforms washed ahead of practice when the power shuts off. Your cell phone goes dead. And a voice coming from nowhere and everywhere all at once booms:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Congratulations! Your planet has been selected!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  And just like that, Earth becomes the newest unwilling participant in a high-stakes intergalactic game show competition. What that means becomes terrifyingly clear as monsters drop onto the front lawn, an interface appears in your field of vision, and you—and your nine- and six-year-old sons and three-year-old daughter—are each offered a choice of supernatural abilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Part of you wants to laugh. Your husband’s away on business, coming home late tonight. Well, he was. But you clamp down on your rising panic. It doesn’t matter how much harder it will be. You’re a mom. Your kids need you; it’s up to you to keep them safe. You can do this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Then, in quick succession, you discover: 1) your toddler has unilaterally decided her supernatural power should be for her beloved turtle stuffie to come alive. 2) every person on Earth will have to fight, no matter their age. You're going to have to teach your kids to stand on their own—and yourself to let them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is Meghan Moretti’s morning, and where Erin Ampersand’s rollicking, unputdownable LitRPG adventure series, Apocalypse Parenting, begins.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erin Ampersand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54802842485020,"sku":"9780008857165","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/6182\/5052\/files\/9780008857165.jpg?v=1793362181","url":"https:\/\/www.themysteriousbookcase.com\/en-us\/products\/9780008857165","provider":"The Mysterious Bookcase","version":"1.0","type":"link"}