{"product_id":"i-am-the-river-patricia-lee-gauch-9781646145805","title":"I Am the River: Sarah E. Ray and the Bob-Lo Boat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI am the river. Blue and green, fast and flowing, \u003cbr\u003e sweeping river grasses aside . . . \u003cbr\u003e moving between Lake Erie and Detroit.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Detroit River has long had a story to tell. It has seen a time before people. And it has seen many faces cross its waters, from Indigenous people guiding canoes to settlers on its banks and freedom seekers riding the underground railroad north toward liberty, with Bob-Lo Island at the river's end, so close to Canada. At one time, a giant steamboat carried hundreds of excited children and adults to the amusement park that was built on Bob-Lo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But Sarah E. Ray discovered in 1945 that not all people were invited on this boat, to this island, once a symbol of the journey to freedom. It depended, she discovered, on the color of your skin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the dramatic story of how one young woman's courage could create a dramatic turning point that would stand out proudly, and forevermore, in the history of a river older than the country called America. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Lee Gauch,Leah Henderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646145801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646145805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Levine Querido\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 11.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2025 pg. 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2025","brand":"Patricia Lee Gauch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086297084159,"sku":"9781646145805","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dbe205a5-3e95-492a-bb34-2c7a3cc1ef36.jpg?v=1769093890","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-am-the-river-patricia-lee-gauch-9781646145805","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}