{"product_id":"9780803291614","title":"Winter Thunder","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a blinding blizzard a schoolbus overturns and a young teacher, her seven pupils, and the driver—a mere boy—are stranded in the open country, miles and miles from the nearest ranchhouse. Thus Mari Sandoz introduces a situation that will stretch the limits of human endurance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe exposed little group is armed with no more than the lunches they started out with and only the clothing required for a normal winter's day. As a killer storm takes hold and the mercury plunges below zero they become desperate. How each character facesthe terrifying prospect of freezing to death is a story that has become a small classic. And because it is based upon fact—the author's niece experienced much the same ordeal in the paralyzing midwestern blizzard of January 1949—it has the ring of undisputed truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinter Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e has been named by the \u003ci\u003eReader’s Digest\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the ten best American short novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNP - Nebraska Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016191033584,"sku":"9780803291614","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780803291614_p0.jpg?v=1763729309","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780803291614","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}