{"product_id":"the-first-ground-joshua-and-melissa-lehman-9798186417088","title":"The First Ground","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook 4: The First Ground\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSome ground holds more than what was planted in it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Nora maps an 1843 land survey against modern Millville, the numbers tell a story that nobody in town has been telling. The east-side oak park - where local children have played for a hundred years - is a burial ground. Seven families built homes, a school, and a community on this land before Millville existed. Seven families were forced off it. And for more than a hundred and seventy years, everyone who walked through that park had no idea what they were walking over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Millville Meddlers have spent two years following the history where it leads. Now it has led them to a name: Joseph Archer, who lives thirty miles away and has been carrying his family's oral history his entire life, waiting to learn whether any of it was true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is true. Every word of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut confirming the history is not the same as doing right by it. What does it mean to restore a record that an entire town has spent a hundred and seventy years refusing to keep? What do four thirteen-year-olds do with a truth this size?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First Ground\u003c\/i\u003e is the fourth book in the Millville Mysteries - a mystery series for middle-grade readers set in a small Ohio town where history has a way of refusing to stay buried. Each book stands on its own, but readers who begin at the beginning will find a thread that runs deeper with every entry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua And Melissa Lehman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798186417088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d","brand":"Joshua And Melissa Lehman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084300132607,"sku":"9798186417088","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-first-ground-joshua-and-melissa-lehman-9798186417088","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}