Stealing

SKU: 9780063267091
Stealing

Stealing

SKU: 9780063267091
Author: Margaret Verble
Paperback·Ages 18+·Historical Fiction
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At a glance

🖤 Tone
Reflective, gritty, emotionally layered
⚡ Pace
Steady, character-driven
🌾 Vibes
Rural hardship, outsider struggles, survival, emotional resilience, Americana atmosphere
✨ Themes
Poverty, identity, survival, belonging, family, resilience
🧠 Emotional Journey
Poignant, immersive, deeply human
📖 Hook
In a harsh and unforgiving world, a young protagonist navigating poverty and emotional hardship searches for identity, dignity, and connection
💫 Perfect For
Readers who enjoy literary fiction exploring marginalised lives, survival, and emotional resilience

A gripping, gut-punch of a novel about a Cherokee child removed from her family and sent to a Christian boarding school in the 1950s an ambitious, eye-opening reckoning of history and small-town prejudices from Pulitzer Prize finalist Margaret Verble. 

Kit Crockett lives on a farm with her grief-stricken, widowed father, tending the garden, fishing in a local stream, and reading Nancy Drew mysteries from the library bookmobile. One day, Kit discovers a mysterious and beautiful woman has moved in just down the road.

Kit and the newcomer, Bella, become friends, and the lonely Kit draws comfort from her. But when a malicious neighbor finds out, Kit suddenly finds herself at the center of a tragic, fatal crime and becomes a ward of the court. Her Cherokee family wants to raise her, but the righteous Christians in town instead send her to a religious boarding school. Kit’s heritage is attacked, and she’s subjected to religious indoctrination and other forms of abuse. But Kit secretly keeps a journal recounting what she remembers and revealing just what she has forgotten. Over the course of Stealing, she unravels the truth of how she ended up at the school and plots a way out. If only she can make her plan work in time.

Book details

Format
Paperback
Reading age
18+
Pages
256
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Published
15 March 2024
Language
English
ISBN
9780063267091

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