Clean Getaway

Author Nic Stone

Grades 3-7 Ages 8-12

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.

How to Go on an Unplanned Road Trip with Your Grandma:
Grab a Suitcase: Prepacked from the big spring break trip that got CANCELLED.
Fasten Your Seatbelt: G'ma's never conventional, so this trip won't be either.
Use the Green Book: G'ma's most treasured possession. It holds history, memories, and most important, the way home.

What Not to Bring:
A Cell Phone: Avoid contact with Dad at all costs. Even when G'ma starts acting stranger than usual.

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.

"Truly a delight." -Christopher Paul Curtis, author of Newbery Medal winner Bud, Not Buddy

Available Formats

Trade Paperback 9781984893000
Hardcover 9781984892973
eBook 9781984892997
Unabridged Audiobook Download 9780593155394

State Awards

Connecticut

2022, Nutmeg Book Award, Nominee

Florida

2021, Sunshine State Young Readers Award , Nominee

Illinois

2022, Rebecca Caudill Book Award, Nominee

Indiana

2022, Young Hoosier Book Award, Nominee

2021, Indiana Reads Aloud List, Selection

Kansas

2020, Kansas NEA Reading Circle, Selection

Louisiana

2022-2023, Louisiana Reader’s Choice, Nominee

2022-2023, Louisiana Reader’s Choice, Nominee

Massachusetts

2021, Massachusetts Children’s Book Award, Nominee

New Mexico

2022-2023, Land Of Enchantment Book Award, Nominee

North Carolina

2023, North Carolina Book Award, Nominee

Pennsylvania

2021-2022, Pennsylvania Young Readers’ Choice Award, Nominee

Rhode Island

2022, Rhode Island Children’s Book Award, Nominee

South Carolina

2022, South Carolina Book Awards, Nominee

Wisconsin

2021, Wisconsin State Reading Association Recommends List, Selection

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