{"product_id":"the-winter-of-the-dollhouse-9781536236088","title":"The Winter of the Dollhouse","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis captivating coming-of-age story is touching, funny, and beautifully layered, with a fairy-tale ending that only Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz could deliver.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a gloomy November night, eleven-year-old Tiphany Stokes saves an old lady from collapsing in the street. An antique doll named Gretel watches them, longing for Tiph to rescue her from life in a shop window. Though none of these three characters realizes it, their worlds are about to change: Gretel will no longer be a precious prisoner. The old lady--is she a witch?--will discover the secret hidden in her long-neglected dollhouse. And Tiph--whose parents rejoice that she is \"never any trouble\"--will become a thief, a dog walker, an actor, and best of all, a friend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Amy Schlitz \u003c\/b\u003eis the accomplished author of four previous middle-grade novels--\u003ci\u003eA Drowned Maiden's Hair, \u003c\/i\u003ethe Newbery Honor Book \u003ci\u003eSplendors and Glooms, The Hired Girl, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the National Jewish Book Award for Young Adult Literature and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAmber and Clay.\u003c\/i\u003e She was awarded a Newbery Medal for \u003ci\u003eGood Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village. \u003c\/i\u003eLaura Amy Schlitz lives in Baltimore, Maryland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51580364357906,"sku":"9781536236088","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_463e993c-40a9-4210-9362-083bc86cbc0c.jpg?v=1756217826","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-winter-of-the-dollhouse-9781536236088","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}