{"product_id":"a-house-of-tailors-patricia-reilly-giff-9780440238003","title":"A House of Tailors","description":"SEWING  NO ONE could hate it more than Dina Kirk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEndless tiny stitches, button holes, darts. Since she was tiny, she's worked in her family's dressmaking business, where the sewing machine is a cranky member of the family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 13-year-old Dina leaves her small town in Germany to join her uncle's family in Brooklyn, she turns her back on sewing. Never again  But looking for a job leads her right back to the sewing machine. Why did she ever leave home? Here she is, still with a needle and thread--and homesick to boot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe didn't know she could be this homesick, but she didn't know she could be so brave either, as she is standing up to an epidemic or a fire. She didn't know she could grow so close to her new family or to Johann, the young man from the tailor's shop. And she didn't know that sewing would reveal her own wonderful talent--and her future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Dina, the beloved writer \u003cb\u003ePatricia Reilly Giff\u003c\/b\u003e has created one of her most engaging and vital heroines. Readers will enjoy seeing 1870s Brooklyn through Dina's eyes, and share her excitement as she discovers a new world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Reilly Giff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0440238005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780440238003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yearling Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.63h x 5.20w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e82024 \/ House of Tailors\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Patricia Reilly Giff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980942180607,"sku":"9780440238003","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fa0aeefa-37fd-45eb-985d-e486e8a9b99f.jpg?v=1683252791","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-house-of-tailors-patricia-reilly-giff-9780440238003","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}