The Long Ride Marina Budhos

The Long Ride

Author: Marina Budhos
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Book Title
The Long Ride
Author
Marina Budhos
ISBN
9780553534221
In the tumult of 1970s New York City, seventh graders are bussed from their neighborhood in Queens to integrate a new school in South Jamaica. Jamila Clarke. Josie Rivera. Francesca George. Three mixed-race girls, close friends whose immigrant parents worked hard to settle their families in a neighborhood with the best schools. The three girls are outsiders there, but they have each other. Now, at the start seventh grade, they are told they will be part of an experiment, taking a long bus ride to a brand-new school built to "mix up the black and white kids." Their parents don't want them to be experiments. Francesca's send her to a private school, leaving Jamila and Josie to take the bus ride without her. While Francesca is testing her limits, Josie and Jamila find themselves outsiders again at the new school. As the year goes on, the Spanish girls welcome Josie, while Jamila develops a tender friendship with a boy--but it's a relationship that can exist only at school.Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Marina BudhosPublisher: Wendy Lamb BooksPublished: 09/24/2019ISBN: 9780553534221Pages: 208Weight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.80w x 0.90dReview Citations: Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2019 pg. 93Publishers Weekly 06/24/2019Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2019 pg. 46Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2019Booklist 09/01/2019 pg. 108Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2019 pg. 81Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2019 - Recommended - ReadableHornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above AverageAccelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 504400 / Long RideReading Level: 3.9 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 5
In the tumult of 1970s New York City, seventh graders are bussed from their neighborhood in Queens to integrate a new school in South Jamaica.

Jamila Clarke. Josie Rivera. Francesca George. Three mixed-race girls, close friends whose immigrant parents worked hard to settle their families in a neighborhood with the best schools. The three girls are outsiders there, but they have each other.

Now, at the start seventh grade, they are told they will be part of an experiment, taking a long bus ride to a brand-new school built to "mix up the black and white kids." Their parents don't want them to be experiments. Francesca's send her to a private school, leaving Jamila and Josie to take the bus ride without her.

While Francesca is testing her limits, Josie and Jamila find themselves outsiders again at the new school. As the year goes on, the Spanish girls welcome Josie, while Jamila develops a tender friendship with a boy--but it's a relationship that can exist only at school.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Marina Budhos
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
Published: 09/24/2019
ISBN: 9780553534221
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2019 pg. 93
Publishers Weekly 06/24/2019
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2019 pg. 46
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2019
Booklist 09/01/2019 pg. 108
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2019 pg. 81
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2019 - Recommended - Readable
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 504400 / Long Ride
Reading Level: 3.9 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 5
In the tumult of 1970s New York City, seventh graders are bussed from their neighborhood in Queens to integrate a new school in South Jamaica.

Jamila Clarke. Josie Rivera. Francesca George. Three mixed-race girls, close friends whose immigrant parents worked hard to settle their families in a neighborhood with the best schools. The three girls are outsiders there, but they have each other.

Now, at the start seventh grade, they are told they will be part of an experiment, taking a long bus ride to a brand-new school built to "mix up the black and white kids." Their parents don't want them to be experiments. Francesca's send her to a private school, leaving Jamila and Josie to take the bus ride without her.

While Francesca is testing her limits, Josie and Jamila find themselves outsiders again at the new school. As the year goes on, the Spanish girls welcome Josie, while Jamila develops a tender friendship with a boy--but it's a relationship that can exist only at school.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Marina Budhos
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
Published: 09/24/2019
ISBN: 9780553534221
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2019 pg. 93
Publishers Weekly 06/24/2019
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2019 pg. 46
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2019
Booklist 09/01/2019 pg. 108
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2019 pg. 81
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2019 - Recommended - Readable
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 504400 / Long Ride
Reading Level: 3.9 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 5