The Long Ride

by Marina Budhos

Book Overview

In the tumult of 1970s New York City, kids are expected to figure out issues of race that adults haven't when seventh graders are bussed from their neighborhood in Queens to integrate a new school in South Jamaica.

Jamila, Josie, and Francesca are three mixed-race girls who have always felt like outsiders in their mostly white neighborhood in Queens, but at least they have each other. Now it's seventh grade, and they're part of an experiment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553534254
• ISBN13: 9780553534252
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher