{"product_id":"all-american-boys","title":"All American Boys","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eA bag of chips leads to a violent confrontation between a cop and a teenager, resulting in accusations of prejudice and racial brutality. Witnesses and a video camera capture the beating, but when the teenager disappears, tensions escalate, forcing him and his classmate to face difficult decisions and consequences. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 04 March 2021\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA bag of chips. That's all sixteen-year-old Rashad is looking for. What he finds instead is a fist-happy cop, Paul, who mistakes Rashad for a shoplifter, mistakes Rashad's pleadings that he's stolen nothing for belligerence, mistakes Rashad's every flinch at every punch the cop throws as further resistance and refusal to STAY STILL as ordered. But how can you stay still when someone is pounding your face into the pavement? There were witnesses: Quinn - a varsity basketball player and Rashad's classmate who has been raised by Paul since his own father died in Afghanistan - and a video camera. Soon the beating is all over the news and Paul is getting threatened with accusations of prejudice and racial brutality. Quinn refuses to believe that the man who has basically been his saviour could possibly be guilty. But then Rashad is absent. And absent again. And again. And the basketball team - half of whom are Rashad's best friends - start to take sides. As does the school. And the town. Simmering tensions threaten to explode as Rashad and Quinn are forced to face decisions and consequences they had never considered before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bag of chips. That's all sixteen-year-old Rashad is looking for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat he finds instead is a fist-happy cop, Paul, who mistakes Rashad for a shoplifter, mistakes Rashad's pleadings that he's stolen nothing for belligerence, mistakes Rashad's every flinch at every punch the cop throws as further resistance and refusal to STAY STILL as ordered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut how can you stay still when someone is pounding your face into the pavement? There were witnesses: Quinn - a varsity basketball player and Rashad's classmate who has been raised by Paul since his own father died in Afghanistan - and a video camera.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon the beating is all over the news and Paul is getting threatened with accusations of prejudice and racial brutality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuinn refuses to believe that the man who has basically been his saviour could possibly be guilty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut then Rashad is absent. And absent again. And again. And the basketball team - half of whom are Rashad's best friends - start to take sides. As does the school. And the town. Simmering tensions threaten to explode as Rashad and Quinn are forced to face decisions and consequences they had never considered before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 298g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 130 x 198 x 28 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780571366750                            \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEdition number\u003c\/strong\u003e: Main                          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jason Reynolds,Brendan Kiely","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44097030848762,"sku":"9780571366750","price":6.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/3599379b4bc8fe81e777fe3ab117b467.jpg?v=1621221482","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/all-american-boys","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}