{"product_id":"the-sixty-eight-rooms-9780375857119","title":"The Sixty-Eight Rooms","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe perfect next step for kids who love the Magic Tree House series\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003etime travel, mystery, and adventure!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlmost everybody who has grown up in Chicago knows about the Thorne Rooms. Housed deep inside the Chicago Art Institute, they are a collection of 68 exquisitely crafted miniature rooms. Each room is set in a different historic period, and every detail is perfect. Some might even say, the rooms are \u003ci\u003emagic.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what if on a field trip, you discovered a key that allowed you to shrink so that you could sneak inside and explore the rooms' secrets? What if you discovered that others had done so before you? . . . And that someone had left something important behind? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEleven-year-olds Jack and Ruthie are about to find out! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"Irresistible.\"--The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Marianne Malone has tapped into a fantasy that is . . . completely universal.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A solid story. Recommend this book to fans of Blue Balliett's \u003ci\u003eChasing Vermeer\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--School Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARIANNE MALONE is the mother of three grown children, a former art teacher, and the cofounder of the Campus School Middle School for Girls in Urbana, Illinois. She and her husband divide their time between Urbana and Washington, DC. This is her first novel. You can visit her Web site at MarianneMalone.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yearling Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50719077662994,"sku":"9780375857119","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_58bf2250-34ab-4f21-bc26-a0aded54c890.jpg?v=1734657961","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sixty-eight-rooms-9780375857119","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}