{"product_id":"salmon-croquettes-9780578767550","title":"Salmon Croquettes","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1965, The Circle, in Watts, Los Angeles, was a close-knit Black community, filled with its own particular joys and troubles. Set against the backdrop of racism and everyday police brutality, this vibrant neighborhood comes alive in Salmon Croquettes, as 12-year-old Zayla Lucille McKinney grapples with the confusion of feeling like a boy trapped in a girl's body. Is she what the other girls call her, a \"bulldagger\"? And what does that even mean?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the midst of her transformation from tomboy to young woman, the community she loves explodes in a racial uprising. The Watts Riots teach Zayla the fragility of life and the importance of friendship. As the embers die down and the smoke clears, Zayla also learns something else - a family secret. Salmon Croquettes is a sensitive exploration of Zayla's transition from childhood incomprehension - why do adults expect children to magically understand what is acceptable and what isn't - to an acceptance of who she is and the truth of who her parents really are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChampion, Glodean:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Glodean received a B.A. from Mills College and an MFA from California College of the Arts. She's a VONA Voices and Hurston\/Wright Foundation alum. Glodedan currently lives in Monterey, Calfornia with her adorable Tibetan Terrier, Tashi, and is working on the sequel to Salmon Croquettes and a memoir, Tough Love: Sh*t My Momma Used to Say based on her mother, Frances Champion, and the amazing intentionality her mother put into raising her.","brand":"Black Muse Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50448227598610,"sku":"9780578767550","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d775e2ad-e3b5-4ac9-b5d4-75dbb0fff21f.jpg?v=1729730154","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/salmon-croquettes-9780578767550","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}