{"product_id":"cardboard-city-katarina-jovanovic-9781990598104","title":"Cardboard City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCardboard City\u003c\/em\u003e follows the lives of two young teens--members of a Romani family. Saida and Nikola experience harsh discrimination at school and crushing poverty in their informal settlement, spread out under a bridge in Belgrade. Their dreams of escape and of leaving deplorable conditions behind trigger a family crisis. In particular, Nikola is a gifted trumpeter and aspires to be a famous musician, but it proves challenging to surmount the enormous barriers between his present situation and the self-mastery and life of dignity he seeks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroducing young readers to the world of Eastern Europe's Rom, \u003cem\u003eCardboard City\u003c\/em\u003e is evocative of the virulent racism, injustice and inhumane conditions endured by this community to this very day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katarina Jovanovic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1990598102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781990598104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tradewind Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.60w x 0.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/03\/2023","brand":"Katarina Jovanovic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132973445375,"sku":"9781990598104","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eaeb639a-706e-4e09-a81e-5477ab1d3860.jpg?v=1687483355","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cardboard-city-katarina-jovanovic-9781990598104","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}