{"product_id":"the-long-ride-9780553534221","title":"The Long Ride","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Marina Budhos\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wendy Lamb Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Girls \u0026amp; Women\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tumult of 1970s New York City, seventh graders are bussed from their neighborhood in Queens to integrate a new school in South Jamaica.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJamila Clarke. Josie Rivera. Francesca George. Three mixed-race girls, close friends whose immigrant parents worked hard to settle their families in a neighborhood with the best schools. The three girls are outsiders there, but they have each other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, at the start seventh grade, they are told they will be part of an experiment, taking a long bus ride to a brand-new school built to \"mix up the black and white kids.\" Their parents don't want them to be experiments. Francesca's send her to a private school, leaving Jamila and Josie to take the bus ride without her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Francesca is testing her limits, Josie and Jamila find themselves outsiders again at the new school. As the year goes on, the Spanish girls welcome Josie, while Jamila develops a tender friendship with a boy--but it's a relationship that can exist only at school.","brand":"Wendy Lamb Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45355015340183,"sku":"9780553534221","price":855.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780553534221.webp?v=1767670375","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-long-ride-9780553534221","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}