![]() ![]() ![]() Agent: Rena Rossner, the Deborah Harris Agency. ![]() A heartwarming, family-centered adventure that will leave readers guessing until the end. 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. Take a trip through the American South with bestselling author Nic Stone and 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. ![]() 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. 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 J. About the Book Product Details Author Bio Praise About the Book. 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. ![]()
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