{"product_id":"like-sisters-on-the-homefront-9780062823922","title":"Like Sisters on the Homefront","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRita Williams-Garcia's masterful and bold Coretta Scott King Honor Book is fresh, funny, and powerfully relevant. T\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehis novel by a master storyteller and Newbery Honor-winning author is about one girl's discovery of her family history--and her own place within it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen fourteen-year-old Gayle gets in trouble with a boy--again--her mother doesn't give her a choice: Gayle is getting sent away from New York to her family down South, along with her baby, Jos . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a small town in Georgia, there is nowhere to go but church, nothing to do but chores, and no friends except her goody-goody, big-boned, kneesock-wearing cousin, Cookie. Gayle is stuck cleaning up after Great, the old family matriarch who stays upstairs in her bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the more she spends time with Cookie and Great, Gayle learns about her family's history and secrets, stretching all the way back through the preachers and ancestors of the past. And slowly, the stories of her roots begin to change how Gayle sees her future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLike Sisters on the Homefront\u003c\/em\u003e is a fast, gritty read about mistakes, second chances, and family. A strong choice for summer reading and for sparking conversation in the classroom or at home.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliams-Garcia, Rita:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRita Williams-Garcia\u003c\/strong\u003e's Newbery Honor Book, \u003cem\u003eOne Crazy Summer\u003c\/em\u003e, was a winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award, a National Book Award finalist, the recipient of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller. The two sequels, \u003cem\u003eP.S. Be Eleven\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGone Crazy in Alabama\u003c\/em\u003e, were both Coretta Scott King Author Award winners and ALA Notable Children's Books. Her novel \u003cem\u003eClayton Byrd Goes Underground\u003c\/em\u003e was a National Book Award finalist and winner of the NAACP Image Award for Youth\/Teen Literature. Rita is also the author of five other distinguished novels for young adults: \u003cem\u003eJumped\u003c\/em\u003e, a National Book Award finalist; \u003cem\u003eNo Laughter Here\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEvery Time a Rainbow Dies\u003c\/em\u003e (a \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e Best Children's Book), \u003cem\u003eFast Talk on a Slow Track\u003c\/em\u003e (all ALA Best Books for Young Adults); and \u003cem\u003eBlue Tights\u003c\/em\u003e. Rita Williams-Garcia lives in Jamaica, New York, with her husband and has two adult daughters. You can visit her online at www.ritawg.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quill Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318011793682,"sku":"9780062823922","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_abc10348-378c-46d1-aba2-b82c1f4650a2.jpg?v=1727545291","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/like-sisters-on-the-homefront-9780062823922","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}