{"product_id":"9781594632785","title":"The Good Lord Bird (National Book Award Winner)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSoon to be a major motion picture starring Liev Schreiber and Jaden Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Oprah Magazine Top 10 Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A magnificent new novel by the best-selling author James McBride.” –cover review of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Outrageously entertaining.” –\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“James McBride delivers another tour de force” –\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“So imaginative, you’ll race to the finish.” –NPR.org\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Wildly entertaining.”—4-star \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e lead review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A boisterous, highly entertaining, altogether original novel.” – \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLook out for McBride's new book, \u003ci\u003eFive-Carat Soul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Color of Water,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSong Yet Sung, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eKill 'Em and Leave\u003c\/i\u003e, a James Brown biography, comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusade—and who must pass as a girl to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1857, when the region is a battleground between anti- and pro-slavery forces. When John Brown, the legendary abolitionist, arrives in the area, an argument between Brown and Henry’s master quickly turns violent. Henry is forced to leave town—with Brown, who believes he’s a girl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the ensuing months, Henry—whom Brown nicknames Little Onion—conceals his true identity as he struggles to stay alive. Eventually Little Onion finds himself with Brown at the historic raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859—one of the great catalysts for the Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn absorbing mixture of history and imagination, and told with McBride’s meticulous eye for detail and character, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Lord Bird\u003c\/i\u003e is both a rousing adventure and a moving exploration of identity and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047399538928,"sku":"9781594632785","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781594632785_p0.jpg?v=1763813564","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781594632785","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}