{"product_id":"9781489220912","title":"Rebels Like Us","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's not like I never thought about being mixed race. I guess it was just that, in Brooklyn, everyone was competing to be exotic or surprising. By comparison, I was boring, seriously. Really boring.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCulture shock knocks city girl Agnes \u003cspan style=\"'FONT–SIZE:\" font=\"\" new=\"\" roman=\"\" line=\"\" mso=\"\" calibri=\"\" minor=\"\" en=\"\" ar=\"\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eNes\u003cspan style=\"'FONT–SIZE:\" font=\"\" new=\"\" roman=\"\" line=\"\" mso=\"\" calibri=\"\" minor=\"\" en=\"\" ar=\"\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e Murphy–Pujols off–kilter when she\u003cspan style=\"'FONT–SIZE:\" font=\"\" new=\"\" roman=\"\" line=\"\" mso=\"\" calibri=\"\" minor=\"\" en=\"\" ar=\"\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003es transplanted mid–senior year from Brooklyn to a small Southern town after her mother\u003cspan style=\"'FONT–SIZE:\" font=\"\" new=\"\" roman=\"\" line=\"\" mso=\"\" calibri=\"\" minor=\"\" en=\"\" ar=\"\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003es relationship with a coworker self–destructs. On top of the move, Nes is nursing a broken heart and severe homesickness, so her plan is simple: keep her head down, graduate and get out. Too bad that flies out the window on day one, when she opens her smart mouth and pits herself against the school's reigning belle and the principal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer rebellious streak attracts the attention of local golden boy Doyle Rahn, who teaches Nes the ropes at Ebenezer. As her friendship with Doyle sizzles into something more, Nes discovers the town she\u003cspan style=\"'FONT–SIZE:\" font=\"\" new=\"\" roman=\"\" line=\"\" mso=\"\" calibri=\"\" minor=\"\" en=\"\" ar=\"\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003es learning to like has an insidious undercurrent of racism. The color of her skin was never something she thought about in Brooklyn, but after a frightening traffic stop on an isolated road, Nes starts to see signs everywhere–including at her own high school where, she learns, they hold proms. Two of them. One black, one white. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNes and Doyle band together with a ragtag team of classmates to plan an alternate prom. But when a lit cross is left burning in Nes\u003cspan style=\"'FONT–SIZE:\" font=\"\" new=\"\" roman=\"\" line=\"\" mso=\"\" calibri=\"\" minor=\"\" en=\"\" ar=\"\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003es yard, the alterna–prommers realize that bucking tradition comes at a price. Maybe, though, that makes taking a stand more important than anything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liz Reinhardt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46921268625557,"sku":"9781489220912","price":4.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781489220912_00c34861-84ed-4fa9-8349-2c84f4468e82.jpg?v=1776889930","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781489220912","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}