Clean Getaway
From bestselling author Nic Stone comes a timely middle-grade road-trip story through landmarks of the Civil Rights movement and the map they lay for contemporary race relations. While suspended from school, eleven-year-old, racially-mixed William "Scoob" Lamar joins his white grandmother on a road trip, during which he learns about life in the Jim Crow South and a shocking secret about G'ma.
How to Go on an Unplanned Road Trip with Your Grandma:
Grab a Suitcase: Prepacked from the big spring break trip that got CANCELLED.
Fasten Your Seatbelt: G'ma's never conventional, so this trip won't be either.
Use the Green Book: G'ma's most treasured possession. It holds history, memories, and most important, the way home.
What Not to Bring:
A Cell Phone: Avoid contact with Dad at all costs. Even when G'ma starts acting stranger than usual.
Set against the backdrop of the segregation history of the American South, take a trip with an eleven-year-old boy who is about to discover that the world hasn't always been a welcoming place for kids like him, and things aren't always what they seem—his G'ma included.
| SKU | 130163 |
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| ISBN | 9781984893000 |
| Language | English |
| Lexile ® Measure | 780L |
| Guided Reading Level | W |
| Page Count | 240 |
| Product Type | Paperback Books |
| Book Type | Middle Grade Novels |
| Primary Contributor | Nic Stone |
| Age Groups | Ages 7 to 9, Ages 10 to 12 |
| Publisher | Yearling Books |