{"product_id":"9780702316166","title":"Alice Austen Lived Here","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Gino, Alex \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 07\/04\/2022,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 176 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780702316166,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom award-winning author Alex Gino comes a groundbreaking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enovel for children about how important the past can be those\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etrying to create a different future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSam is very in touch with their own queer identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey're nonbinary, and their best friend, TJ, is nonbinary as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewell. Sam's family is very cool with it ... as long as Sam remembers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat nonbinary kids are also required to clean their rooms, do\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir homework, and try not to antagonize their teachers too much.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe teacher-respect thing is hard when it comes to Sam's history\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclass, because their teacher seems to believe that only Dead Straight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCis White Men are responsible for history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Sam's home borough of Staten Island opens up a contest for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea new statue, Sam finds the perfect non-DSCWM subject: photographer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Austen, whose house has been turned into\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea museum, and who lived with a female partner for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon, Sam's project isn't just about winning the contest. It's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eabout discovering a rich queer history that Sam's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea part of — a queer history that no longer needs to be quiet,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas long as there are kids like Sam and TJ to stand up for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of MELISSA and RICK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing two non-binary protagonists\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful story to empower kids to think about the history they\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eare traditionally taught and what it means to be included!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40127920209964,"sku":"9780702316166","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780702316166.jpg?v=1759661951","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780702316166","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}