{"product_id":"counting-to-17-aliya-e-peremel-9781948747257","title":"Counting to 17","description":"One evening in March 2018, Aliya, a 7th grader in Maryland, returned home from a student walkout at her school and began to write poems about the death of 17 in Florida. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Stoneman Douglas High School\u003cbr\u003eBlood still runs down the window panes\u003cbr\u003eScreams still ring through the halls\u003cbr\u003eAnd the echoes of the past\u003cbr\u003eLive on\u003cbr\u003eIn the voices of the future \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCounting to 17, finished 8 months later, is as fine a tribute to the 17 dead, 14 wounded, and Stoneman Douglas High School student body as any adult could write. Aliya's desire to write about the Parkland shootings was propelled forward by Mahatma Gandhi's admonition to: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Be the change that you wish to see in the world.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe hopes Counting to 17 will create a greater push for keeping children safe in schools. Therefore, the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Americans for Children's Lives and School Safety: www.americansforclass.org. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Change really does start with every single one of us.\" - Aliya\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aliya E. Peremel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948747251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948747257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e J2b Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.09d","brand":"Aliya E. Peremel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442729890047,"sku":"9781948747257","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_58d78988-2f60-4af3-bef7-47dd3a7ed6f1.jpg?v=1777199374","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/counting-to-17-aliya-e-peremel-9781948747257","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}