Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
Synopsis:
From New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a middle grade road-trip story through American race relations past and present perfect for fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Jason Reynolds.
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 New York Times bestselling Nic Stone and an eleven-year-old boy who is about to discover 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.
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 New York Times bestselling Nic Stone and an eleven-year-old boy who is about to discover 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.
My Thoughts:
This is middle grade fiction at its finest, people.
Scoob escapes "lock down," AKA being grounded at home and in trouble at school, by leaving on what seems like an impromptu road trip with his grandmother. Their route takes them through historic locations in the South and important personal ones too - places she had once traveled with his grandfather, sometimes dangerous ones because his grandfather was black, and G'ma is white. Grandpa is a shadowy figure Scoob has never known, referred only to as a criminal by his father. While learning more about who Grandpa really was (and how rough America was for non white people and interracial couples in the days of segregation), Scoob also learns surprising truths about G'ma as well.
There are a lot of very important, very hard truths in this novel, made suitable for a younger reader. Overall, an incredible book.
And now I need to go read everything else Nic Stone has written. Be right back!
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