{"product_id":"susie-q-fights-back-isbn-9780823439935","title":"Susie Q Fights Back","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen ten-year-old Susan Marcus discovers a world of prejudice right in her own back yard she makes a small but courageous stand in this irresistibly appealing historical novel set in 1943.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou wouldn't even know there was a war on, thinks Susan Marcus as she surveys her new neighborhood in Clayton, Missouri. There are no air raid wardens, no blackout curtains. It's so different from her old home in New York City: no tall apartment buildings, no bustling city streets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Susan can barely understand people, their accents are so thick, and of course eveyone in Clayton is a St. Louis Cardinals fan and sworn enemy of Susan's beloved New York Yankees. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorst of all, for the first time in her life, ten-year-old Susan encounters prejudice -- against New Yorkers, Jews, blacks, and the Japanese. She must be circumspect about her friendship with Loretta (the daughter of the black janitor), for Jim Crow laws still exist in 1943 Missouri. Outraged, Susan decides to strike a blow against them. She's not going to break the rules exactly; she's just going to bend them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA great book for highlighting the struggle for social justice and sparking family discussions about the history of racism and Jim Crow laws in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished in hardcover as \u003ci\u003eSusan Marcus Bends the Rules.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eA PJ Our Way selection.\u003c\/b\u003e\"The novel \u003cb\u003esplendidly captures the place and time,\u003c\/b\u003e from the heat  and humidity (and lack of air conditioning), to childhood pastimes like  roller skating, playing jacks, and drinking Kool Aid.... Although the author uses  the terminology of the time to describe race...the story is a gentler read  than Mildred Taylor's \u003ci\u003eRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eChildren will cheer for Susan's courage\u003c\/b\u003e in defying the injustice in her  world.\" —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It’s  unusual to find a chapter book for younger readers that takes on the  painful history of racial segregation and discrimination. By using Susan  as the narrator, Cutler lets readers see life under Jim Crow through  multiple perspectives....\u003cb\u003eRebelling against discrimination  is only part of this appealing story\u003c\/b\u003e, but it’s the most \u003cb\u003ememorable\u003c\/b\u003e part.  An enjoyable chapter book with great potential for discussion.\"—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003eJane Cutler has written novels and picture books for children, including Spaceman, which was nominated for the Mark Twain Award and the William Allen White Children's Book Award, and The Cello of Mr. O, which won the Zena Sutherland Prize, the 2000 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, and the New Mexico Land of Enchantment Book Award. She lives in San Francisco, California.","brand":"Holiday House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302869848293,"sku":"NP9780823439935","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780823439935.jpg?v=1767737635","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/susie-q-fights-back-isbn-9780823439935","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}