{"product_id":"the-house-on-maple-street-9780688120313","title":"The House on Maple Street","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat would you see from your front porch if your neighborhood suddenly looked as it did three hundred years ago? When the two girls who live at 107 Maple Street discover an ancient arrowhead and a broken china cup, they begin to wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePryor, Bonnie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Bonnie Pryor thoroughly researched important periods of American history for each of her American Adventures. For \u003cem\u003eLuke on the High Seas, \u003c\/em\u003e she delved into seafaring in the nineteenth century so that the details of Luke Reed's journey would be accurate. She lives in Gambier, Ohio. In Her Own Words...\u003cp\u003eI grew up in Spokane, Washington, the middle child in a family of three girls. Books were a part of my life from as far back as I can remember. I was often in trouble for reading at the wrong time. I would be caught reading under the dining room table when I was supposed to be dusting, or reading under the covers by flashlight late at night-even hiding a novel inside my textbooks at school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot everyone thought I read too much. I remember a school librarian who saved all the new books for me to read first, and on several occasions she gave me presents of books. Perhaps she felt she should because I had read every single thing in her library!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was very shy, and, like Robert in \u003cem\u003eThe Plum Tree War\u003c\/em\u003e, I spent a lot of my time hanging from my knees from a favorite plum tree, telling myself stories. Of course since I was raised in the West these stories were usually about wild horses and cowboys, and I was always the heroine who came to the rescue. The stories were long and involved, sometimes going on for days. I was always impatient to get to my tree each day so I could find out what was going to happen next, but I was too lazy to write the stories down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI think everyone expected me to become a writer, but it took me twenty years and a gentle nudge from my husband, Robert, to build up the courage to try. In the meantime I moved to Ohio, worked at a variety of jobs, and raised a family. I have four grown children, eight grandchildren, and two daughters still at home-Jenny and Chrissy. Many of my books are loosely based upon incidents in my children's lives, and they often appear as characters, in personality if not by name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy family recently moved to the country. When I'm not writing and visiting schools, we're busy building barns and fences and laying out flower beds. In addition, we all take part in caring for the four newcomers to our home: three horses and a bunny!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50494431232274,"sku":"9780688120313","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_266dd11d-2717-40b0-b98d-6a9e2887d1a7.jpg?v=1730664498","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-house-on-maple-street-9780688120313","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}