{"product_id":"im-down-mishna-wolff-9780312379094","title":"I'm Down","description":"\u003cp\u003eMishna Wolff grew up in a poor black neighborhood with her single father, a white man who truly believed he was black. \"He strutted around with a short perm, a Cosby-esqe sweater, gold chains and a Kangol--telling jokes like Redd Fox, and giving advice like Jesse Jackson. You couldn't tell my father he was white. Believe me, I tried,\" writes Wolff. And so from early childhood on, her father began his crusade to make his white daughter \u003ci\u003edown\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unfortunately, Mishna didn't quite fit in with the neighborhood kids: she couldn't dance, she couldn't sing, she couldn't double Dutch and she was the worst player on her all-black basketball team. She was shy, uncool, and painfully white. And yet when she was suddenly sent to a rich white school, she found she was too \"black\" to fit in with her white classmates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eI'm Down\u003c\/i\u003e is a hip, hysterical and at the same time beautiful memoir that will have you howling with laughter, recommending it to friends and questioning what it means to be black and white in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mishna Wolff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312379099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312379094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 6.30w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e134496 \/ I'm Down: A Memoir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/25\/2010 pg. 78","brand":"Mishna Wolff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946433249535,"sku":"9780312379094","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4018bac0-0508-443f-aa48-2b6f067761b2.jpg?v=1681513120","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/im-down-mishna-wolff-9780312379094","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}