{"product_id":"2940169181999","title":"The Long Ride","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tumult of 1970s New York City, seventh graders are bussed from their neighborhood in Queens to integrate a new school in South Jamaica.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamila Clarke. Josie Rivera. Francesca George. Three mixed-race girls, close friends whose immigrant parents worked hard to settle their families in a neighborhood with the best schools. The three girls are outsiders there, but they have each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, at the start seventh grade, they are told they will be part of an experiment, taking a long bus ride to a brand-new school built to \"mix up the black and white kids\". Their parents don't want them to be experiments. Francesca's send her to a private school, leaving Jamila and Josie to take the bus ride without her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Francesca is testing her limits, Josie and Jamila find themselves outsiders again at the new school. As the year goes on, the Spanish girls welcome Josie, while Jamila develops a tender friendship with a boyamp;mdash;but it's a relationship that can exist only at school.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114173776112,"sku":"2940169181999","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169181999_p0.jpg?v=1763764471","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169181999","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}