{"product_id":"9781497646520","title":"Circle of Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 1958, a girl risks everything to put a stop to a deadly Ku Klux Klan plot to bomb her Tennessee school\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe middle child in a family of eight, Mendy Anna Thompson was named after her grandmother’s hero—former first lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. Playing in the woods near her house in Monteagle, Tennessee, with Mr. Hare, her tamed wild rabbit, Mendy likes to imagine traveling around the world with Mrs. Roosevelt. But Mr. Hare is no substitute for Mendy’s best friend, Jeffrey, whom her parents have forbidden her to see because she’s black and he’s white.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut one night, Mendy notices evidence of trespassers in the secret clearing behind her house. When she sets out to investigate, she uncovers a plot to bomb her high school during a visit by Eleanor Roosevelt! Now Mendy and Jeffrey, who meet in secret, must find a way to foil the Ku Klux Klan before they succeed in their wicked scheme.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBased on true events,\u003ci\u003e Circle of Fire \u003c\/i\u003eis a moving and suspenseful story of friendship and race relations in the segregated South.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis ebook includes a historical afterword. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media Teen \u0026 Tween","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167009358064,"sku":"9781497646520","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781497646520_p0.jpg?v=1763703465","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781497646520","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}