{"product_id":"the-founders-tree-preorder","title":"THE FOUNDERS TREE - PreOrder","description":"\u003ch4 data-sourcepos=\"24:1-25:53;640-740\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Record Keeps Collection - Vol. 1 By Malica Nailah Stallworth | Grand Ri5ing Press\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-sourcepos=\"27:1-27:43;742-784\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Founders Tree: Some monuments remember. This one feeds.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-sourcepos=\"31:1-31:104;791-894\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a pre-order campaign. Your contribution secures your signed copy when printing is complete.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-sourcepos=\"33:1-33:102;896-997\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eA horror novel. A confidential historical file. A name that has been buried for over a hundred years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sourcepos=\"35:1-35:455;999-1453\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe Founders Tree follows Imani Stallworth, a sixteen-year-old who wins a fellowship at a remote camp deep in old-growth redwood forest in Northern California. The brochure promised sunlight. There is no sunlight in the Grove. There is only a tree at the center of the camp that no one is allowed to approach, a groundskeeper no one else can see, and a voice coming from the direction of the Founders Tree at night... low, tired, and very far from home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sourcepos=\"37:1-37:90;1455-1544\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe story will carry you in. What is in the back of the book is why it matters right now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-sourcepos=\"41:1-41:30;1551-1580\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is The Record Keeps?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-sourcepos=\"43:1-43:386;1582-1967\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe Record Keeps is a horror fiction series built around a format that has never been done. Every volume is a complete novel. In the back, behind a section called The Receipts, is the documented historical record tied to the real person at the center of the story. Not a summary. Not a footnote. The record... with photographs, with names, with dates that do not soften what happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sourcepos=\"45:1-45:42;1969-2010\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe story was the door. This is the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sourcepos=\"47:1-47:121;2012-2132\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eWhat is inside The Receipts is not revealed here. That is by design. The record is only accessible to those who fund it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-sourcepos=\"51:1-51:35;2139-2173\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChoose your contribution tier:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-sourcepos=\"53:1-54:171;2175-2378\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Record Holder - $22.22 \u003c\/strong\u003eOne signed copy of The Founders Tree mailed to you upon printing. Your name listed in the acknowledgments as a Founding Reader. You are the reason the record made it out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sourcepos=\"56:1-57:151;2380-2556\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Keeper - $44.44 \u003c\/strong\u003eTwo signed copies. One for you, one to give. The book was designed to be passed on. Your name listed in the acknowledgments as a Keeper of the Record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sourcepos=\"59:1-60:286;2558-2881\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Record Keeps (Key) Founders - $75\u003c\/strong\u003e Two signed copies, plus your name printed permanently inside the book as one of The Record Keeps Founders. Not in an acknowledgments section - inside the record itself, alongside the history this series exists to carry. This designation holds across all future volumes in the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sourcepos=\"62:1-62:138;2883-3020\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eFor contributions above $75, simply enter the amount that reflects your support. All Founders benefits apply at any amount $75 and above.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-sourcepos=\"66:1-66:13;3027-3039\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eWhy now?\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-sourcepos=\"68:1-68:259;3041-3299\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eCurricula are being cleared. Archives are being reclassified. The stories of Black Americans are being labeled controversial content and removed from schools. We are watching, right now, the same machinery that buried this man's name trying to bury it again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sourcepos=\"70:1-70:139;3301-3439\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eA book is harder to erase than a curriculum. A physical record in your hands, in your home, passed to your child, is an act of resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sourcepos=\"72:1-72:134;3441-3574\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I have learned that the people most afraid of tearing down a monument are almost never the ones the monument was built on top of.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-sourcepos=\"73:2-73:22;3576-3596\" class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-sourcepos=\"73:2-73:22;3576-3596\" class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Founders Tree\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-sourcepos=\"77:1-77:13;3603-3615\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eDetails:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul data-sourcepos=\"78:1-85:34;3616-4021\" class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-sourcepos=\"78:1-78:36;3616-3651\" class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eTrade paperback, 5.5 x 8.5 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-sourcepos=\"79:1-79:47;3652-3698\" class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eIllustrated with original artwork throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-sourcepos=\"80:1-80:49;3699-3747\" class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eHistorical photographs in The Receipts section\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-sourcepos=\"81:1-81:49;3748-3796\" class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003ePublished by Grand Ri5ing Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-sourcepos=\"82:1-82:61;3797-3857\" class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eCopyright 2026 Malica Nailah Stallworth \/ Grand Ri5ing LLC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-sourcepos=\"83:1-83:46;3858-3903\" class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eShips to US addresses upon print completion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-sourcepos=\"84:1-84:84;3904-3987\" class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eInternational orders welcome - contact us at GrandRi5ing.com for shipping rates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-sourcepos=\"85:1-85:34;3988-4021\" class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eISBN pending (campaign funding)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-sourcepos=\"87:1-87:20;4023-4042\" class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe record keeps.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Ri5ing Press","offers":[{"title":"The Record Holder","offer_id":46375341457580,"sku":null,"price":3600.0,"currency_code":"JMD","in_stock":true},{"title":"The Keeper","offer_id":46375341490348,"sku":null,"price":7200.0,"currency_code":"JMD","in_stock":true},{"title":"The Record Keeper Key","offer_id":46375341523116,"sku":null,"price":12000.0,"currency_code":"JMD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0527\/5100\/7916\/files\/2_0132310a-c7aa-4489-9c1a-5c39c1d27ce4.png?v=1781372021","url":"https:\/\/www.grandri5ing.com\/en-jm\/products\/the-founders-tree-preorder","provider":"Grand Ri5ing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}