{"product_id":"cardboard-city-9781990598104","title":"Cardboard City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCardboard City\u003c\/em\u003e follows the lives of two young teens--members of a Romani family. Saida and Nikola experience harsh discrimination at school and crushing poverty in their informal settlement, spread out under a bridge in Belgrade. Their dreams of escape and of leaving deplorable conditions behind trigger a family crisis. In particular, Nikola is a gifted trumpeter and aspires to be a famous musician, but it proves challenging to surmount the enormous barriers between his present situation and the self-mastery and life of dignity he seeks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroducing young readers to the world of Eastern Europe's Rom, \u003cem\u003eCardboard City\u003c\/em\u003e is evocative of the virulent racism, injustice and inhumane conditions endured by this community to this very day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tradewind Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781990598104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128","brand":"Katarina Jovanovic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42875223802037,"sku":"9781990598104","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e84b5c25-c210-4caa-8ae4-52ac78167604.jpg?v=1684815245","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cardboard-city-9781990598104","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}