{"product_id":"we-are-the-scribes","title":"We Are the Scribes","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young adult novel by Randi Pink about a teenage activist who is visited by the ghost of Harriet Jacobs, an enslaved woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth Fitz is surrounded by activism. Her mother is a senator who frequently appears on CNN as a powerful Black voice fighting for legislative social change within the Black community. Her father, a professor of African American history, is a walking encyclopedia, spouting off random dates and events. And her beloved older sister, Virginia, is a natural activist, steadily gaining notoriety within the community and on social media. Ruth, on the other hand, would rather sit quietly reading or writing in her journal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her family is rocked by tragedy, Ruth stops writing. As life goes on, Ruth's mother is presented with a political opportunity she can't refuse. Just as Senator Fitz is more absent, Ruth begins receiving parchment letters with a seal reading WE ARE THE SCRIBES, sent by Harriet Jacobs, the author of the autobiography and 1861 American classic, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs Ruth dreaming? How has she been chosen as a \"scribe\" when she can barely put a sentence together? In a narrative that blends present with past, Randi Pink explores two extraordinary characters who channel their hopelessness and find their voices to make history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Randi Pink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763906412832,"sku":"9781250908902","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/3099\/3440\/files\/9781250908902.jpg?v=1780241953","url":"https:\/\/literatureandlibations.com\/products\/we-are-the-scribes","provider":"Literature \u0026 Libations","version":"1.0","type":"link"}