Q: If you could go on a roadtrip anywhere, where would you want to go?⠀ .⠀ Clean Getaway is a middle grade by one of my favorite authors, Nic Stone - it's a roadtrip adventure between grandson and grandmother - what an unlikely pair! G'ma is Scoob's favorite person on Earth, so when she asks him to go on a roadtrip over Spring Break, he gladly agrees. But Scoob soon realizes there are things about his G'ma he never knew and he would like to know more!⠀ .⠀ I thought Scoob's nickname was a lot of fun - his actual name is William, but sometimes a nickname sticks with you! He's an intelligent kid, even if he gets in trouble at school.⠀ .⠀ G'ma is white and Scoob is black, which causes a lot of raised eyes as they travel the south, even in present time. G'ma tells Scoob about racial segregation when her and G'pop were young - how society didn't want a white woman and a black man to be married. I think this book will be a great learning tool for middle grade age children to learn about segregation, to learn more than just what is in textbooks. It's scary to think how places were racially segregated in our grandparents times - it wasn't so long ago.⠀ .⠀ This felt realistic overall for a middle school age kid like Scoob. He isn't a child, but he's not yet a young adult. It's those weird times in-between and Scoob navigated his relationships with his G'ma and Dad as well as can be expected.⠀ .⠀ Full review of Clean Getaway on the blog now, link in bio!⠀ .⠀ A: When I was in college, I took a cross country roadtrip with a friend from NY to California! It was a journey I will never forget - did you know there is a Manhattan, Kansas?! That was a fun stop.⠀ .⠀ #CleanGetaway #NicStone #middlegrade⠀ .⠀ #booklightindarkplaces - Standalones⠀ #PCBCinastoryMarch20 - #ownvoices⠀ #FearYourNovel - Reading weather⠀ #AmpersandMarch20 - Wasn't expecting that https://www.instagram.com/p/B9pEwUaAffv/?igshid=18kcjdc9zpzys
