{"product_id":"treasure-island-runaway-gold-9780062998354","title":"Treasure Island: Runaway Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBestselling and award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes reimagines the classic novel \u003cem\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/em\u003e by Robert Louis Stevenson in this thrilling adventure set in modern-day Manhattan, in which three children must navigate the city's hidden history, dodge a threatening crew of skater kids, and decide who they can really trust in order to hunt down a long-buried treasure. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree kids. One dog. And the island of Manhattan, laid out in an old treasure map. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZane is itching for an adventure that will take him away from his family's boarding house in Rockaway, Queens. So when he is entrusted with a real treasure map, leading to a spot somewhere in Manhattan, Zane wastes no time in riding the ferry over to the city to start the search with his friends Kiko and Jack and his dog, Hip-Hop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough strange coincidence, they meet a man who is eager to help them find the treasure: John, a sailor who knows all about the buried history of Black New Yorkers of centuries past--and the gold that is hidden somewhere in those stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a vicious rival skateboard crew follows them around the city, Zane and his friends begin to wonder who they can really trust. And soon it becomes clear that treasure hunting is a dangerous business...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJewell Parker Rhodes has written a version of \u003cem\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/em\u003e like none you've never seen--one that takes the reader through little-known Black history, and under the city of Manhattan itself. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Quill Tree Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062998354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336","brand":"Jewell Parker Rhodes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43075415146677,"sku":"9780062998354","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0cd8020f-72e0-4a0d-a4f4-fb15d4a35de9.jpg?v=1691465456","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/treasure-island-runaway-gold-9780062998354","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}