{"product_id":"1591296730-promises_to_keep","title":"Promises to Keep","description":"\n\u003cp\u003eSixteen-year-old Duane Neiheisel is put on academic probation from his high school basketball team. He is frustrated because a Jewish girl raises the academic level, causing him to feel he can't compete. After he and two Skinhead friends spray-paint her house with anti-Semitic words, they are involved in a car accident in which the driver is killed, another friend is seriously injured, but Duane escapes. He hides in a shack overlooking Cincinnati, where Tony, a homeless epileptic black man, befriends him. During their time together, they sneak into a Reds baseball game where Tony is offended by Duane's racial slurs, Duane experiences a meal in the Drop-Inn Center, is nearly beaten up by Tony's nephew's gang, observes a near rape, and watches a woman eating from a garbage can. Through Tony's influence, Duane comes to terms with his prejudice and makes an important decision regarding his future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"PublishAmerica","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":45262111801534,"sku":"1591296730-4","price":12.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/5109VNPJ3PL.jpg?v=1754088762","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/1591296730-promises_to_keep","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}