Middle Schooler Book Reviewer: Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
I just completed this delightful and engaging read by Ms. Stone. The fast paced story combines historical facts with contemporary characters dealing with current problems, some caused by past conflicts. The story educates Scoob, an eleven-year-old boy, about the Green Book, a travel book used in the Jim Crow South to guide traveling people of color safely from town to town. The Green Book identified safe routes, cities, filling stations, hotels, and other amenities people o