![]() ![]() Agent: Rena Rossner, the Deborah Harris Agency. ![]() Nic lives in Atlanta with her adorable little. A heartwarming, family-centered adventure that will leave readers guessing until the end. Clean Getaway, Nics first middle-grade novel, deals with coming to grips with the pain of the past and facing the humanity of our heroes. This dual tour through pre– and post–civil rights movement America confronts the country’s difficult past, including how fraught with danger travel was to the average black citizen, while raising questions about what progress should look like. As they make their way toward Juarez, Mexico, Scoob begins to suspect that G’ma might be up to something more suspicious than recreating a vacation and becomes torn between contacting another adult and protecting his grandmother. ![]() ![]() This book also provides insightful details about segregation in the US South, especially with the Green Book and the limits on Black people’s freedom of movement. He mostly goes to escape a punishment from his father, but as the two make their way through the South, Scoob learns more about the grandfather whom he never met, the interracialĬouple’s 1963 road trip, which G’ma aims to complete, and the ways in which the world has changed and remained the same. Clean Getaway, Nic Stone’s middle grade debut is a fast-paced, clever story full of twists and a sense of adventure. Part history lesson, part road trip, this notable middle grade debut by Stone ( Jackpot) stars William “Scoob” Lamar, a biracial, black-presenting 12-year-old, as he heads off on a road trip with his beloved grandmother, G’ma, who is white. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |