{"product_id":"loretta-mason-potts-isbn-9781681375069","title":"Loretta Mason Potts","description":"Imagine how shocked you would be if, like ten-year-old Colin Mason, you were the oldest (smartest, best) kid in a family of four, and then you found out that all these years, without knowing it, you’ve had an older sister, an “awful, awful, bad, bad, girl—Loretta Mason Potts.” Who? What? Wait! ... But this is only the first of many surprises that lie in store for Colin, as things get curiouser and curiouser very fast. Loretta (a glum gangly girl and so very very rude!) comes home and before you know it, Colin is secretly following her down a hidden tunnel that leads from a bedroom closet to an astonishing castle, where a charming and beautiful countess keeps court attended by a dapper and ever-obliging general, and in this world everybody loves Loretta (especially when she’s rude), so much so that they’re begging her to stay with them forever. What is the secret behind this mysterious other world and how does it connect to the many secrets in the Mason family? It’ll take a spellbinding, hair-raising adventure, involving not just Colin and Loretta but their mother and the rest of the family, to work that out.\"[A] fresh edition of the charmingly arch 1958 novel by Mary Chase...\" —Meghan Cox Gurdon, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The poignancy of \u003ci\u003ePeter Pan\u003c\/i\u003e lingers over this fantasy, but it has its own special charm, the charm of unabashed fancy and resounding good sense, which made the author’s \u003ci\u003eHarvey\u003c\/i\u003e a favorite of adult audiences.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (\u003c\/i\u003estarred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Surely, Loretta Mason Potts will take her place among the memorable  characters of children's literature and her story should be a favorite  for a long time to come.\" —\u003ci\u003eChicago Daily Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Coyle Chase \u003c\/b\u003e(1907–1981) was born in Denver, Colorado, and lived there all her life. She worked for various Denver papers as a journalist, began to write plays, and in 1944 had a huge success with \u003ci\u003eHarvey\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Pulitzer Prize and was later made into a movie starring Jimmy Stewart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Harold Berson \u003c\/b\u003e(1926–1986) was born in Los Angeles and studied art in Paris. \u003ci\u003eLoretta Mason Potts\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in 1958, was the first book he illustrated, but he would go on to draw pictures for more than ninety books, including many that he also wrote.","brand":"NYRB Kids","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303545065701,"sku":"NP9781681375069","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781681375069.jpg?v=1767731759","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/loretta-mason-potts-isbn-9781681375069","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}