{"product_id":"girlchild-9781250024060","title":"Girlchild","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRory Hendrix, the least likely of Girl Scouts, hasn't got a troop or a badge to call her own. But she still borrows the \u003ci\u003eHandbook\u003c\/i\u003e from the elementary school library to pore over its advice, looking for tips to get off the Calle--the Reno trailer park where she lives with her mother, Jo, the sweet-faced, hard-luck bartender at the Truck Stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRory's been told she is one of the \"third-generation bastards surely on the road to whoredom,\" and she's determined to break the cycle. As Rory struggles with her mother's habit of trusting the wrong men, and the mixed blessing of being too smart for her own good, she finds refuge in books and language. From diary entries, social workers' reports, story problems, arrest records, family lore, and her grandmother's letters, Tupelo Hassman's \u003ci\u003eGirlchild\u003c\/i\u003e crafts a devastating collage that shows us Rory's world while she searches for the way out of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250024060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.72w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/25\/2013 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/31\/2013 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e169047 \/ Girlchild\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.6 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tupelo Hassman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42924975751349,"sku":"9781250024060","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ad78942a-9685-4301-91fe-6cf627d3aafe.jpg?v=1687842727","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/girlchild-9781250024060","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}