{"product_id":"a-million-revolutions-isbn-9781536233599","title":"A Million Revolutions","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this riveting true story of courage and resilience during the coronavirus outbreak, a bold girl on a bicycle races against time across India to save her father and control her own destiny.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a mysterious virus infecting people the world over, spreading faster than science can keep up, India is in lockdown. Train, plane, and bus services have been suspended to check the contagion. Far from home and frightened, poor migrant workers like Jyoti’s father, who labor in the city and send money home to their families, are beginning to flee by the millions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jyoti has been caring for her dad, who is seriously injured and cannot escape on foot. She knows that if they don’t leave now, there’s a good chance they won’t both make it back home alive. Does she have the grit, iron will, and stamina to pedal 700 miles to safety on a rickety hot-pink bicycle with her 250-pound father on the back? Even with the support of unexpected friends, this will be the challenge of a lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This rich tapestry of a young teen’s celebrated feat weaves together historical, political, and personal backdrops, exploring themes of social pressures, prejudice, family, income inequality, and government failure as well as the age-old bondages of caste and gender.\u003cb\u003eSuhasini Raj\u003c\/b\u003e is a New Delhi–based reporter in the South Asia bureau of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Bicycle Girl,\u003c\/i\u003e a picture book account of Jyoti’s story for younger readers. She has covered everything from the rise of Hindu nationalism under Prime Minister Narendra Modi to how India fared with COVID-19 to gender justice and climate change. In 2021, she and her colleagues won a Human Rights Press Award for a video revealing the plight of stateless Muslims in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGaren Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e [JH1] is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of the children’s book \u003ci\u003eYes We Can: A Biography of President Barack Obama\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Bicycle Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, a Junior Library Guild Selection. She produces cable and network television programs and has written for a variety of media, including AERDF’s Reading Reimagined program and the Smithsonian Institute’s Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past multimedia initiative. She has also edited numerous award-winning books for several publishers, including Scholastic and the Disney-Hyperion imprint Jump at the Sun.           [JH1]Just tweaking this one to match the edited jacket bio.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48532119584997,"sku":"NP9781536233599","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781536233599.jpg?v=1773182717","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-million-revolutions-isbn-9781536233599","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}