{"product_id":"my-sugar-beet-summer-9781611865936","title":"My Sugar Beet Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1928, nine-year-old Teresa leaves everything she knows in San Antonio\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eincluding her beloved cat Diamante\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eand boards a train bound for Michigan, where her parents have found work in the vast sugar beet fields of Saginaw. The long train north is a source of fascination, but stepping into Michigan feels like entering a different world\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ethe cold wind, the strange houses, and the long days helping on the farm instead of going to school. Teresa cares for her little sisters while her parents tend to the sugar beets. She learns to navigate a life shaped by hard work, migration, and constant change. After the harvest, a new season begins, and the whole family must pack up and make the long trip back to Texas, to plant new roots. Based on the stories the author's grandparents told her about their lives as Texas migrants in Michigan's Thumb, \u003ci\u003eMy Sugar Beet Summer\u003c\/i\u003e pulls the reader into Teresa and her family's life in a new land, on a sugar beet farm on the eve of the Great Depression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Michigan State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611865936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.40d","brand":"Rachael Elisa Moreno","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52679596769461,"sku":"9781611865936","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/my-sugar-beet-summer-9781611865936","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}