![]() “There are some things my grandmother shared with me about my granddaddy once, that I was like, ‘Whoa! I’m not sure I really wanted to know that, but now I do.’ Once you run up against it, you have to address it.” “We all have things our children don’t know about us,” Stone said. This is a kid’s novel as much about secrets and presumptions as it is about race. ![]() ![]() Why is she behaving so oddly? And why is she fixated on fine jewelry? The questions build from city to city, RV park to RV park. Initiated by his grandmother, who is white, the two embark on a trip through the South in her Winnebago following stops listed in the real-life, and perhaps life-saving, “The Negro Motorist Green Book.” The volumes were published from 1936 to 1966 to help African American travelers find safe lodging during the dangerous era of segregation.īut as the trip progresses, Scoob realizes there’s something off about his grandmother. ![]()
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