{"product_id":"it-all-comes-down-to-this","title":"It All Comes Down to This","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA powerful middle grade coming-of-age novel set in a slowly integrating upper middle class Los Angeles neighborhood in the summer of 1965, from a Coretta Scott King Honor Award–winning author. Perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia and Sharon M. Draper.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It’s 1965, Los Angeles. Sophie is the new black kid in a nearly all-white neighborhood; her beloved sister, Lily, is going away to college soon; and her parents’ marriage is rocky. Plus, there’s her family’s new, disapproving housekeeper to deal with. Then riots erupt in nearby Watts and a friend is unfairly arrested, and Sophie learns that life—and her own place in it—is even more complicated than she’d once thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “Honest, witty . . . relatable. Unfairness and race-consciousness run through the story—so do surprises. Bigotry wears many guises. Kindness does too.” —\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “Thoughtful and well-wrought . . . . Compassionate, pointed, and empowering.” —\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “An impressive coming-of-age story.” —\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews,\u003c\/em\u003e starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “Reveals how an impressionable and intelligent child learns from the injustices that touch her, her family, and her friends.” —\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly,\u003c\/em\u003e starred review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karen English","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":51669786526002,"sku":"9780544839571","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52344491409714,"sku":"9780358098539","price":6.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/7934\/0850\/files\/9780544839571.jpg?v=1787958558","url":"https:\/\/53rdstreetbooks.com\/products\/it-all-comes-down-to-this","provider":"53rd Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}