{"product_id":"2940152548457","title":"Loving The Billionaire, Book One: The New Boss","description":"Reading Blue Coat School was opened in 1660 to teach twenty ‘children of  honest poore men’, according to the bequest of merchant Richard  Aldworth. Despite his and subsequent bequests, the school was initially  housed in a dilapidated former inn, and it was a constant struggle to  make ends meet and keep the school open. In the mid-nineteenth century  the perseverance of the school was rewarded with a new home, 42 Bath  Road, and the school began to thrive, with entrance examinations, new  subjects, and day boys. The world wars and the inadequacies of the site  for a growing school posed new challenges, culminating with the threat  of closure if the school didn’t meet the governmentís new criteria in  1944. But the school emerged in triumph with the move to Holme Park.  Here the school has grown, offering more facilities and opportunities  for pupils, ever raising standards, and creating a sixth form.  \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/br\u0026gt;While one may struggle to see a link between twenty  blue-coated boys in an old inn and Reading Blue Coat School today, this  history shows how the school has conquered every difficulty to continue  to fulfil Aldworth’s aim of creating ‘good citizens’.","brand":"Mark Mulle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122627526896,"sku":"2940152548457","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152548457_p0.jpg?v=1764023943","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152548457","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}