{"product_id":"9781498274272","title":"Gertie's Real-Life Adventures","description":"Ten-year-old Gertie Larson shares three of her most exciting real-life adventures experienced in her hometown of Richfield, Utah, in the early 1900s.      In her first adventure, her disappointment at not having a birthday party is unexpectedly overcome when she, her two sisters, her best friend, and a mentally handicapped youth she befriends are given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ride Jumbo the elephant in the circus parade!       In her second adventure, a little Ute Indian girl, a \"What I Have to Be Thankful For\" essay contest, and a spooky encounter in an abandoned mine with \"the thing,\" move her story along to the third and final adventure.        Gertie's third adventure climaxes her two previous ones and includes a community birthday parade for an unlikely birthday celebrant; Gertie's being the \"volunteer\" in a demonstration of the pain-relieving properties of a new drug, Novocain; and a surprise wedding.       Woven throughout Gertie's adventures are lessons of faith, love, and family unity. How these lessons affect Gertie, her family, and her friends make Gertie's Real-Life Adventures joyful reading.","brand":"Wipf \u0026 Stock Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157489828080,"sku":"9781498274272","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781498274272_p0.jpg?v=1763703320","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781498274272","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}