{"product_id":"for-lamb-lesa-cline-ransome-9780823450152","title":"For Lamb","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn interracial friendship between two teenaged girls goes tragically wrong in this powerful historical novel set in the Jim Crow South.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor Lamb\u003c\/i\u003e follows a family striving to better their lives in the late 1930s Jackson, Mississippi. Lamb's mother is a hard-working, creative seamstress who cannot reveal she is a lesbian. Lamb's brother has a brilliant mind and has even earned a college scholarship for a black college up north-- if only he could curb his impulsiveness and rebellious nature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLamb herself is a quiet and studious girl. She is also naive. As she tentatively accepts the friendly overtures of a white girl who loans her a book she loves, she sets a off a calamitous series of events that pulls in her mother, charming hustler uncle, estranged father, and brother, and ends in a lynching. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold with nuance and subtlety, avoiding sensationalism and unnecessary brutality, this young adult novel from celebrated author Lesa Cline-Ransome pays homage to the female victims of white supremacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New York Public Library Best Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Horn Book Fanfare Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Booklist Editors' Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA CSMCL Best Multicultural Children's Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BookPage Best Young Adult Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lesa Cline-Ransome\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823450155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823450152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holiday House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.53h x 5.85w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2023 pg. 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/17\/2023 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2023 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style","brand":"Lesa Cline-Ransome","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070863765759,"sku":"9780823450152","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_00852f2e-b6ee-479c-b974-b056e672e2d3.jpg?v=1685432780","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/for-lamb-lesa-cline-ransome-9780823450152","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}