{"product_id":"9780062374240","title":"A Teacher's Guide to The Alchemist: Common-Core Aligned Teacher Materials and a Sample Chapter","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor teachers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe know that the Common Core State Standards are encouraging you to reevaluate the books that you assign to your students. To help you decide which books are right for your classroom, each free ebook in this series contains a Common Core–aligned teaching guide and a sample chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis free teaching guide for \u003cem\u003eThe Alchemist\u003c\/em\u003e by Paulo Coelho is designed to help you put the new Common Core State Standards into practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. \u003cem\u003eThe Alchemist\u003c\/em\u003e is such a book. With over a million and a half copies sold around the world, \u003cem\u003eThe Alchemist\u003c\/em\u003e has already established itself as a modern classic, universally admired. Paulo Coelho's charming fable will enchant and inspire students for generations to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Alchemist\u003c\/em\u003e is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with \u003cem\u003eThe Alchemist\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories have done, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, above all, following our dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076850335984,"sku":"9780062374240","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062374240_p0.jpg?v=1763630483","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062374240","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}