{"product_id":"sam-battles-the-machine-9780606401913","title":"Sam Battles the Machine!","description":"Pick a book. Grow a Reader  \u003cbr\u003eThis series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow  \u003cbr\u003eIn book 6, a mysterious substitute teacher arrives at Eerie Elementary. Sam, Lucy, and Antonio think he must be up to no good  They follow him and discover he lives in mad scientist Orson Eerie's old house  And he's building a strange machine  Who is this substitute teacher? Is he trying to free Orson -- to somehow bring him back to life for real?  Sam and his friends are about to find out\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJack Chabert is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Poptropica graphic novel series. He is also the creator and author of the Eerie Elementary series with Scholastic Branches. Jack Chabert is a pen name for Max Brallier. Max is the author of more than twenty books for children, including \u003ci\u003eGalactic Hot Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e and The Last Kids on Earth middle-grade series. He lives in New York City with his wife, Alyse. \u003cbr\u003eSam Ricks is the illustrator of the Eerie Elementary early chapter book series. He also illustrated \u003ci\u003eGet a Hit, Mo!\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2016 Geisel Award. He is the lead graphic design faculty at The Art Institute of Salt Lake City. Sam lives in Utah with his family.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Turtleback Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50326363242770,"sku":"9780606401913","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7847b0be-2df1-4636-943e-e552e08de279.jpg?v=1727700978","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sam-battles-the-machine-9780606401913","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}