Clean Getaway
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
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State Awards
Connecticut
2022, Nutmeg Book Award, Nominee
Florida
2021, Sunshine State Young Readers Award , Nominee
Illinois
2022, Rebecca Caudill Book Award, Nominee
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