{"product_id":"a-painted-house-9780385501200","title":"A Painted House","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. It was a Wednesday, early in September 1952. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with three weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. The cotton, however, was waist-high to my father, over my head, and he and my grandfather could be heard before supper whispering words that were seldom heard. It could be a \"good crop.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThus begins the new novel from John Grisham, a story inspired by his own childhood in rural Arkansas. The narrator is a farm boy named Luke Chandler, age seven, who lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents in a little house that's never been painted. The Chandlers farm eighty acres that they rent, not own, and when the cotton is ready they hire a truckload of Mexicans and a family from the Ozarks to help harvest it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor six weeks they pick cotton, battling the heat, the rain, the fatigue, and, sometimes, each other. As the weeks pass Luke sees and hears things no seven-year-old could possibly be prepared for, and finds himself keeping secrets that not only threaten the crop but will change the lives of the Chandlers forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Painted House \u003c\/i\u003eis a moving story of one boy's journey from innocence to experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn-sale February 6, 2001.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Doubleday Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385501200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.55h x 6.48w x 1.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/22\/2001 pg. 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/12\/2001 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/09\/2001 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2001 pg. 1020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2001 pg. 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2001 pg. 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2001 pg. 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e46843 \/ Painted House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.8 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 19\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Grisham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636805890204,"sku":"9780385501200","price":32.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c9ffea13-c2f8-4ab6-b7db-1fd171bf3e8b.jpg?v=1603843011","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-painted-house-9780385501200","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}