Traveling with G'ma is a welcome loophole. Scoob is grounded after being suspended from school, and his dad has canceled spring break plans. When CLEAN GETAWAY begins, Scoob, an 11-year-old Black boy is in an RV with his White grandmother. There's one scene where an adult drinks shots of bourbon and then drives a vehicle. and Medgar Evers and the murder of Emmett Till. There are brief mentions of violence from the civil rights era: the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. Then she throws her phone away so their movements can't be traced. She calls Scoob by her deceased husband's name, ditches and dines at a restaurant, and shoplifts jewelry. As the trip progresses, G'ma's behavior becomes stranger and stranger. The pair follow the route G'ma once traveled with Scoob's grandfather, Jimmy Sr., a Black man who died in prison. G'ma, for unknown reasons, has sold her home to buy the luxurious Winnebago. Scoob's strict single dad, Jimmy, grounded him after Scoob was suspended from school, so he's grateful to be invited on a road trip. Parents need to know that Clean Getaway, by Nic Stone ( Jackpot, Dear Martin, Odd One Out) and illustrated by Dawud Anyabwilean, tells the story of 11-year-old Black boy William ("Scoob") and his elderly White grandmother ("G'ma"), who run away from home in an RV. It’s mentioned early on that G’ma is an ex-smoker with a raspy laugh, and later Scoob catches her sneaking cigarettes outside the RV.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. "Truly a delight.One scene in which an adult drinks shots of bourbon and then drives a vehicle. Set against the backdrop of the segregation history of the American South, take a trip with this New York Times best seller and an 11-year-old boy who is about to discover that the world hasn't always been a welcoming place for kids like him, and things aren't always what they seem - his G'ma included.
Even when G'ma starts acting stranger than usual.
Fasten your seatbelt: G'ma's never conventional, so this trip won't be either.Grab a suitcase: prepacked from the big spring break trip that got cancelled.How to go on an unplanned road trip with your grandma: From number one New York Times best-selling author Nic Stone comes a timely middle-grade road-trip story through landmarks of the Civil Rights movement and the map they lay for contemporary race relations.
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