{"product_id":"mascot-2","title":"Mascot","description":"What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade novel in verse, two best-selling BIPOC authors tackle this hot-button issue. Now in paperback!\n\nA perfect book for future changemakers and activists seeking contemporary stories on systematic racism, empowering kids ages 10+ to fight for justice in their communities.\n\nIn Rye, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC, people work hard, kids go to school, and football is big on Friday nights. An eighth-grade English teacher creates an assignment for her class to debate whether Rye’s mascot should stay or change.\n\nNow six middle schoolers—all with different backgrounds and beliefs—get involved in the contentious issue that already has the suburb turned upside down with everyone choosing sides and arguments getting ugly.\n\nTold from several perspectives, readers see how each student comes to new understandings about identity, tradition, and what it means to stand up for real change.\n\nAn empowering middle-grade novel, Mascot is sure to inspire its readers and start conversations in classrooms and communities across the country.\n\n\"Waters and Sorell's plain spoken verse is always sharp and direct.\"—The New York Times Book Review\n\nA Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2023 A New York Public Library Best Book of 2023 A National Public Radio \"Books We Love\" title of 2023\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1623546354\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1623546354.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Waters, Charles|Sorell, Traci\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects  marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs  on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41516124962874,"sku":"DBV.1623546354.VG","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/mascot-2","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}