{"product_id":"the-history-lesson-bruce-f-katz-9798987563403","title":"The History Lesson","description":"\u003cp\u003eJonquil \"Jonny\" Carter is a precocious, athletic 15-year-old living with her grandfather just outside a small town in northwest Mississippi. After receiving an assignment to write a paper about something of historical significance to the rural region, she focuses on a specific date nearly sixty years earlier. Her grandfather, along with the town's librarian, Jonny's teacher, the publisher of the town's weekly newspaper, a retired state Senator, and an old woman with a mysterious past, all try to dissuade her from looking into matters best forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUndeterred, Jonny doggedly pursues what might have happened. As the past reveals itself, attempts to deter her get personal and sometimes physical. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe History Lesson is a story about past as prologue, about intergenerational bigotry and hatred, and about how a few once forbidden relationships help open the world for a young, black girl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce F. Katz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8987563405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798987563403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce F Katz, Author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.51d","brand":"Bruce F. Katz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132410687743,"sku":"9798987563403","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cfe59844-f25e-41a6-9687-9c120732605b.jpg?v=1687480038","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-history-lesson-bruce-f-katz-9798987563403","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}