{"product_id":"children-of-the-park-hallowed-ground","title":"Children of the Park: Hallowed Ground","description":"Set in the 1950s – 1960’s, Children of the Park: Hallowed Ground is an autobiographical\nfictional novel rooted in memory, resilience. and the unspoken bonds of boyhood. It follows\neight-year-old Grayson Miller, the second oldest of seven siblings, growing up in the public\nhousing projects of lower Manhattan, near the East River and the Williamsburg Bridge.\n\nAt the center of the story is a small park wedged between two massive, thirteen-story red-\nbrick buildings.\n\nTo outsiders, it was insignificant. To the boys who gathered there every day, it was a world\nunto itself-where games were invented, neighborhood news traveled fast, mischief was\ncurrency, and hard lessons were learned long before adulthood arrived.\n\nThe book reveals a childhood shaped by scarcity and creativity. With few toys and little\nmoney. imagination flourished. Hustle and entrepreneurship emerged early. Reading\nopened doors to distant places. Improvisation became essential, not just for play, but for\nnavigating fear, expectation, and deeply rooted shame.\n\nMore than a story about growing up poor, Children of the Park: Hallowed Ground is about\nbelonging, brotherhood. and survival. The park was their refuge, their classroom, and their\nsanctuary, a sacred space that forged identity and planted the seeds of who they would\nbecome.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0GHQGGV89\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0GHQGGV89.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:McDonald, Norvel\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43087290728509,"sku":"BVV.B0GHQGGV89.VG","price":16.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0GHQGGV89-0.jpg?v=1775424556","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/children-of-the-park-hallowed-ground","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}