{"product_id":"who-put-this-song-on-paperback","title":"Who Put This Song On? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMorgan Parker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Unflinchingly irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartbreakingly honest.\" --Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award winner and\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Poet X\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the vein of powerful reads like \u003ci\u003eThe Hate U Give \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Poet X\u003c\/i\u003e, comes poet Morgan Parker's pitch-perfect novel about a black teenage girl searching for her identity when the world around her views her depression as a lack of faith and blackness as something to be politely ignored.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrapped in sunny, stifling, small-town suburbia, seventeen-year-old Morgan knows why she's in therapy. She can't count the number of times she's been the only non-white person at the sleepover, been teased for her \"weird\" outfits, and been told she's not \"really\" black. Also, she's spent most of her summer crying in bed. So there's that, too. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLately, it feels like the whole world is listening to the same terrible track on repeat--and it's telling them how to feel, who to vote for, what to believe. Morgan wonders, when can she turn this song off and begin living for herself? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLoosely based on her own teenage life and diaries, this incredible debut by award-winning poet Morgan Parker will make readers stand up and cheer for a girl brave enough to live life on her own terms--and for themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Morgan Parker put THIS song on--and I hope it never turns off.\" --Nic Stone, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDear Martin \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOdd One Out\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A \u003cb\u003etriumphant \u003c\/b\u003efirst impression in the YA space.\" --\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An \u003cb\u003eincredibly heartfelt, deep\u003c\/b\u003e story about a girl's coming of age.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorgan Parker is the author of \u003ci\u003eMagical Negro \u003c\/i\u003e(Tin House Books 2019), \u003ci\u003e There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé\u003c\/i\u003e (Tin House Books 2017), and \u003ci\u003eOther People's Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night \u003c\/i\u003e(Switchback Books 2015). Her debut book of nonfiction will be released in 2020 by One World. Parker received her bachelor's degree in anthropology and creative writing from Columbia University and her master's in poetry from NYU. Her poetry and essays have been published and anthologized in numerous publications, including the\u003ci\u003e Paris Review; The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop; Best American Poetry 2016; \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e New York Times;\u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. Parker is the recipient of a 2017 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, winner of a 2016 Pushcart Prize, and a Cave Canem graduate fellow. Find her online at morgan-parker.com and on Twitter at @morganapple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Who Put This Song On?\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 5.4\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768673403168,"sku":"9780525707547","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3e56a43a296fea8e7e89c1aedb634534.webp?v=1780334995","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/who-put-this-song-on-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}