{"product_id":"girlchild-paperback","title":"Girlchild - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTupelo Hassman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRory Hendrix, the least likely of Girl Scouts, hasn't got a troop or a badge to call her own. But she still borrows the \u003ci\u003eHandbook\u003c\/i\u003e from the elementary school library to pore over its advice, looking for tips to get off the Calle--the Reno trailer park where she lives with her mother, Jo, the sweet-faced, hard-luck bartender at the Truck Stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRory's been told she is one of the \"third-generation bastards surely on the road to whoredom,\" and she's determined to break the cycle. As Rory struggles with her mother's habit of trusting the wrong men, and the mixed blessing of being too smart for her own good, she finds refuge in books and language. From diary entries, social workers' reports, story problems, arrest records, family lore, and her grandmother's letters, Tupelo Hassman's \u003ci\u003eGirlchild\u003c\/i\u003e crafts a devastating collage that shows us Rory's world while she searches for the way out of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTupelo Hassman\u003c\/b\u003e graduated from Columbia's MFA program. Her writing has been published in the \u003ci\u003ePortland Review Literary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePaper Street Press\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTantalum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWe Still Like\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eZyzzyva\u003c\/i\u003e, and by 100 Word Story, Five Chapters.com, and Invisible City Audio Tours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 275\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.1 x 5.72 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Girlchild\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464431616221,"sku":"9781250024060","price":23.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/L2pwWE1HdzBKa0VYclVBbk9MOTM5Zz09.webp?v=1771647522","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/girlchild-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}