A must read! - Angie Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down Absolutely incredible, honest, gut-wrenching. Kirkus Reviews Stone has crafted a history lesson in road-trip form.a good addition for school libraries seeking unconventional approaches to history.' - School Library Journal Rich in history, Stone's middle-grade debut entertains and informs young readers.A road trip to remember. Booklist, starred review 'A heartwarming, family-centered adventure that will leave readers guessing until the end.' - Publishers Weekly, starred review The Wall Street Journal An absolute firecracker of a book. Review Quotes Praise for Clean Getaway: A road novel that serves in part as a primer on important scenes and themes of the civil-rights movement. Christopher Paul Curtis, author of Newbery Medal winner Bud, Not Buddy Set against the backdrop of the segregation history of the American South, take a trip with this New York Times bestseller and an eleven-year-old boy who is about to discover that the world hasn't always been a welcoming place for kids like him, and things aren't always what they seem-his G'ma included. Even when G'ma starts acting stranger than usual. What Not to Bring:Ī Cell Phone: Avoid contact with Dad at all costs. It holds history, memories, and most important, the way home. Use the Green Book: G'ma's most treasured possession. Grab a Suitcase: Prepacked from the big spring break trip that got CANCELLED.įasten Your Seatbelt: G'ma's never conventional, so this trip won't be either. How to Go on an Unplanned Road Trip with Your Grandma: And the father they go, the more Scoob realizes that the world hasn't always been a welcoming place for kids like him, and things aren't always what they seem-G'ma included.'-Jacket flap.īook Synopsis From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a timely middle-grade road-trip story through landmarks of the Civil Rights movement and the map they lay for contemporary race relations. But adventure quickly turns to uncertainty: G'ma keeps changing the license plate, dodging Scoob's questions, and refusing to check Dad's voice mails. With G'ma's old maps and a strange pamphlet called the 'Travelers' Green Book' at their side, the pair takes off on a journey down G'ma's memory lane.

So when G'ma, Scoob's favorite person on Earth, asks him to go on an impromptu road trip, he's in the RV faster than he can say FREEDOM. About the Book 'For the life of him, William 'Scoob' Lamar can't seem to stay out of trouble-and now the run-ins at school have led to lockdown at home.

Clean getaway by nic stone