{"product_id":"brown-girl-in-the-ring-9780446674331","title":"Brown Girl in the Ring","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this \"impressive debut\" from award-winning speculative fiction author Nalo Hopkinson, a young woman must solve the tragic mystery surrounding her family and bargain with the gods to save her city and herself. (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to rediscover old ways -- farming, barter, herb lore. But now the monied need a harvest of bodies, and so they prey upon the helpless of the streets. With nowhere to turn, a young woman must open herself to ancient truths, eternal powers, and the tragic mystery surrounding her mother and grandmother. She must bargain with gods, and give birth to new legends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780446674331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Locus Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/1998 pg. 1601\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/1998 pg. 700\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/08\/1998 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/1998 pg. 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/12\/1998 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/1998 pg. 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2000 pg. 1096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e45468 \/ Brown Girl in the Ring\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nalo Hopkinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637285613724,"sku":"9780446674331","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b8f8cc42-3519-43f8-97ea-22936be9bef8.jpg?v=1603844424","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/brown-girl-in-the-ring-9780446674331","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}