The Long Ride
Published on 24. September 2019
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-553-53423-8 (ISBN)
Description
In New York in 1971, Jamila and Josie are bused across Queens where they try to fit in at a new, integrated junior high school while their best friend, Francesca, tests the limits at a private school.
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Language
English
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: Fifth Grade and over, Interest Age: From 10 years
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Library binding
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-553-53423-8 (9780553534238)
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Marina Budhos is the author of award-winning fiction and nonfiction. Her novels for young adults are Watched, Tell Us We're Home, and Ask Me No Questions. Her nonfiction books include Eyes of the World: Robert Capa & Gerda Taro & The Invention of Modern Photojournalism; Remix: Conversations with Immigrant Teenagers; and Sugar Changed the World, which she cowrote with her husband, Marc Aronson. Budhos has received an EMMA (Exceptional Merit Media Award), a Rona Jaffe Award for Women Writers, and two fellowships from the New Jersey Council on the Arts. She has been a Fulbright Scholar to India and is a professor of English at William Paterson University. Visit her online at marinabudhos.com.