{"product_id":"9781932926187","title":"True Brit - Beatrice, 1940","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2011 London Book Festival Honorable Mention\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2012 Gold Award Winner, Historical Fiction, Mom's Choice Awards®\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2012 New Mexico\/Arizona Book Awards, Winner for Historical Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2013 Nautilus Book Awards, Silver Award for Midgrade\/Young Adult Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1940, Beatrice Sims, a spoiled English girl arrives in Santa Fe to escape the war in London. At first the twelve-year-old hates the dusty little town. But soon Beatrice makes friends with goofy Arabella, develops a crush on handsome Esteban and aids Ana, a shy Indian girl. First accused of being “faceta” – stuck up, Beatrice learns to change tires, ride wild ponies and helps the public health nurse, Clementine Pope, rescue a sick baby on an Indian pueblo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in its second printing, \u003cem\u003eTrue Brit \u003c\/em\u003ewas inspired by accounts of children who were sent to Santa Fe and elsewhere in the United States to escape the war in Europe. The book is the first of a series titled Far and Away, which features young people displaced and relocated between 1939 - 1945. The second book in the Far and Away series features the struggles of a young Jewish boy from Germany who is sent to live with a distant relative in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Artemesia Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040310575344,"sku":"9781932926187","price":8.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781932926187_p0.jpg?v=1763641918","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781932926187","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}