{"product_id":"9780142406878","title":"Abby Takes a Stand","description":"\u003cb\u003eA historical chapter book series from three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honor author, Patricia C. McKissack.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy has their grandmother bothered keeping a menu from a restaurant that closed years ago, a restaurant that never served very good food in the first place? Three cousins listen to Gee's own story, set in the early days of lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville, a time when a black child could sit up front in a city bus but still could not get a milk shake at a downtown restaurant. Through the eyes of ten-year-old Abby, young readers see what it was like to live through those days, and they'll come to understand that, like a menu, freedom is about having choices. Each book in this series tells the story behind a different \"scrap of time\"; together they form a patchwork quilt of one black family's past that stretches back for generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A perfect introduction to an extraordinary time when regular people, even ten-year-old girls, make a difference.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book gives readers a kid's-eye view of important happenings and reminds them that history is something that is in the making.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Patricia McKissack","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Digest format paperback","offer_id":45893311889620,"sku":"9780142406878","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_9f318ce3-9703-4c8c-8b2b-9b978176f85f.jpg?v=1732104893","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780142406878","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}