{"product_id":"a-proud-taste-for-scarlet-and-miniver-paperback","title":"A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. L. Konigsburg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA National Book Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThoroughly bored of Heaven, Eleanor of Aquitaine passes the time by looking back over her long and complicated life in this charming and wryly humorous speculative middle grade novel from E.L. Konigsburg, the Newbery Medal-winning author of \u003ci\u003eFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEleanor of Aquitaine, wife to two kings, mother to two others, has been waiting in Heaven a long time--eight centuries, more or less--to be reunited with her second husband, Henry II of England. Finally, the day has come when Henry will be judged for admission. While Eleanor, never a patient woman in life \u003ci\u003eor\u003c\/i\u003e afterlife, waits, three people, each of whom was close to Eleanor during a time of her life, join her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir reminiscences do far more than help distract Eleanor--they also paint a rich portrait of an extraordinary woman who was front and center in a remarkable period in history and whose accomplishments have had an important influence on society through the ages.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eE.L. Konigsburg is the only author to have received the Newbery Medal and a Newbery Honor in the same year. In 1968, \u003ci\u003eFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler\u003c\/i\u003e won the Newbery Medal and \u003ci\u003eJennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth\u003c\/i\u003e was named a Newbery Honor Book. Almost thirty years later she won the Newbery Medal once again for \u003ci\u003eThe View from Saturday\u003c\/i\u003e. Among her other acclaimed books are \u003ci\u003eSilent to the Bone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.5 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.4\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52856397136096,"sku":"9780689846243","price":10.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/Ppr1MdeyaN9780689846243.webp?v=1781250079","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/a-proud-taste-for-scarlet-and-miniver-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}