{"product_id":"1959-9780802138316","title":"1959","description":"Thulani Davis's 1959 is a powerful, poignant coming-of-age novel that captures a dramatic moment in American history as clearly as a photograph. It's the summer of 1959 and Willie Tarrant of Turner, Virginia, is twelve. Her father and other adults in the town are worried about integration -- how it will affect their children's safety and the quality of their education -- but for Willie it's just another problem she's going to have to deal with, like her chores and beginning to go out with boys. Willie and her friends -- kids from good families with good grades -- are being groomed to be sent in the first wave. Before this can happen, though, eight black college students, wearing suits and fresh haircuts, go into the Woolworth's lunch counter -- changing everything. In 1959 one of the most talented writers of her generation has written a book that will become a classic of civil rights literature.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413063143698,"sku":"9780802138316","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0c30cc64-4f6b-430a-bc19-a1bb9c4b9536.jpg?v=1729343687","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/1959-9780802138316","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}