{"product_id":"kent-state-9781338356281","title":"Kent State","description":"From two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles, a masterpiece exploration of one of the darkest moments in our history, when American troops killed four American students protesting the Vietnam War.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMay 4, 1970.Kent State University.As protestors roil the campus, National Guardsmen are called in. In the chaos of what happens next, shots are fired and four students are killed. To this day, there is still argument of what happened and why.Told in multiple voices from a number of vantage points -- protestor, Guardsman, townie, student -- Deborah Wiles's \u003ci\u003eKent State\u003c\/i\u003e gives a moving, terrifying, galvanizing picture of what happened that weekend in Ohio . . . an event that, even 50 years later, still resonates deeply.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeborah Wiles is the author of the picture book \u003ci\u003eFreedom Summer\u003c\/i\u003e and the novels: \u003ci\u003eLove, Ruby Lavender\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Aurora County All-Stars\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEach Little Bird That Sings\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award finalist; and \u003ci\u003eA Long Line of Cakes\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of the documentary novels \u003ci\u003eCountdown\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRevolution\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award Finalist; and \u003ci\u003eAnthem\u003c\/i\u003e. She has vivid memories of ducking and covering under her school desk during air raid drills at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. She also sang in the Glee Club, was a champion speller, and hated Field Day. Deborah lives in Atlanta, Georgia. You can visit her on the web at deborahwiles.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scholastic Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646749839634,"sku":"9781338356281","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d4cbf145-eb40-4e42-b498-188a9b701c44.jpg?v=1733184731","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kent-state-9781338356281","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}