{"product_id":"under-the-same-sky-9780374480653","title":"Under the Same Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA teenager discovers racism and romance on his father's farm in author Cynthia DeFelice's \u003ci\u003eUnder the Same Sky. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor his fourteenth birthday, Joe Pedersen wants a motorbike that costs nearly a thousand dollars. But his mom says the usual birthday gift is fifty dollars, and his dad wants Joe to earn the rest of the money himself and \"find out what a real day's work feels like.\" Angry that his father doesn't think he's up to the job, Joe joins the Mexican laborers who come to his father's farm each summer. Manuel, the crew boss, is only sixteen, yet highly regarded by the other workers and the Pedersen family. Joe's resentment grows when his father treats Manuel as an equal. Compared with Manuel, Joe knows nothing about planting and hoeing cabbage and picking strawberries. But he toughs out the long, grueling days in the hot sun, determined not only to make money but to gain the respect of his stern, hardworking father. Joe soon learns about the problems and fears the Mexicans live with every day, and, before long, thanks to Manuel, his beautiful cousin Luisa, and the rest of the crew, Joe comes to see the world in a whole different way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her sensitive novel, Cynthia DeFelice explores our dependency on migrant workers and simultaneous reluctance to let these people into our country and into our lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnder the Same Sky\u003c\/i\u003e is a Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCynthia DeFelice\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many bestselling books for young readers, including \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost of Fossil Glen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWild Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSignal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Missing Manatee\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWeasel\u003c\/i\u003e. Her books have been nominated for an Edgar Allen Poe Award and listed as American Library Association Notable Children's Books and Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, among numerous other honors. She lives in upstate New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460150956306,"sku":"9780374480653","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4bbe70c4-28ae-4444-a0b0-577a6813149f.jpg?v=1730030990","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/under-the-same-sky-9780374480653","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}