{"product_id":"cardboard-city-9781990598104","title":"Cardboard City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCardboard City\u003c\/em\u003e follows the lives of two young teens--members of a Romani family. Saida and Nikola experience harsh discrimination at school and crushing poverty in their informal settlement, spread out under a bridge in Belgrade. Their dreams of escape and of leaving deplorable conditions behind trigger a family crisis. In particular, Nikola is a gifted trumpeter and aspires to be a famous musician, but it proves challenging to surmount the enormous barriers between his present situation and the self-mastery and life of dignity he seeks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroducing young readers to the world of Eastern Europe's Rom, \u003cem\u003eCardboard City\u003c\/em\u003e is evocative of the virulent racism, injustice and inhumane conditions endured by this community to this very day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKatarina Jovanovic\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Belgrade, Serbia, where she worked as a journalist in radio broadcasting. She is the recipient of The Christie Harris Children's Literature Award (The BC and Yukon Book Prizes) for \u003cem\u003eThe King Has Goat Ears\u003c\/em\u003e (Tradewind Books), and the Chocolate Lily Award for \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Vase\u003c\/em\u003e (Tradewind Books). Katarina teaches education at Vancouver Community College, and lives in Vancouver, BC with her husband, Bojan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHedina Tahirovic-Sijerčic\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of six children's books, several collections of poetry and many other books including the autobiographical novella \u003cem\u003eRom Like Thunder\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRomani čhib: An Overview of the Romani Language and Culture\u003c\/em\u003e. She is also the co-editor--with Cynthia Levine-Rasky--and a contributing author of \u003cem\u003eA Romani Women's Anthology: Spectrum of the Blue Water\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tradewind Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50691837067538,"sku":"9781990598104","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_57e1b491-1605-4aeb-9c9f-d08967264a26.jpg?v=1734111818","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cardboard-city-9781990598104","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}