{"product_id":"bamboo-people","title":"Bamboo People","description":"Junior Library Guild Selection\nTop Ten ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults\nStarred Reviews in PW and School Library Journal\nBook Page's Top Ten Middle Grade Novel\n\nBang! A side door bursts open.\n\nSoldiers pour into the room. They're shouting and waving rifles.\n\nI shield my head with my arms. It was a lie! I think, my mind racing.\n\nGirls and boys alike are screaming. The soldiers prod and herd some of us together and push the rest apart as if we're cows or goats.\n\nTheir leader, though, is a middle-aged man. He's moving slowly, intently, not dashing around like the others. \"Take the boys only, Win Min,\" I overhear him telling a tall, gangly soldier. \"Make them obey.\"\n\nChiko isn't a fighter by nature. He's a book-loving Burmese boy whose father, a doctor, is in prison for resisting the government. Tu Reh, on the other hand, wants to fight for freedom after watching Burmese soldiers destroy his Karenni family's home and bamboo fields. Timidity becomes courage and anger becomes compassion as each boy is changed by unlikely friendships formed under extreme circumstances.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1580893295\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.1580893295.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Perkins, Mitali\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45710960853169,"sku":"RDV.1580893295.G","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/1580893295-0.jpg?v=1750271379","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/bamboo-people","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}