Stealing : a novel / Margaret Verble.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verble, Margaret, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cherokee Indians--Crimes against--Fiction.

Cherokee Indians.

Indigenous children--Crimes against--Fiction.

Indigenous children.

Off-reservation boarding schools--Fiction.

Off-reservation boarding schools.

Female friendship--Fiction.

Female friendship.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Novels.

Bildungsromans.

Physical Description:

240 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Mariner Books, [2023]

Summary:

"Since her mother's death, Kit Crockett has lived alone with her grief-stricken father, spending lonely days far out in the country tending the garden, fishing in a local stream, and reading Nancy Drew mysteries from the library bookmobile. One day when Kit discovers a mysterious and beautiful woman has moved in just down the road, she is intrigued. Kit and her new neighbor Bella become fast friends. Both outsiders, they take comfort in each other's company. But malice lurks near their quiet bayou and Kit suddenly finds herself at the center of tragic, fatal crime. Soon, Kit is ripped from her home and Cherokee family and sent to Ashley Lordard, a religious boarding school. Along with the other Native students, Kit is stripped of her heritage, force-fed Christian indoctrination, and is sexually abused by the director. But Kit, as strong-willed and shrewd as ever, secretly keeps a journal recounting what she remembers--and revealing just what she has forgotten. Over the course of Stealing, she slowly unravels the truth of how she ended up at the school--and plots a way out."-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Verble, Margaret. Stealing.

ISBN:

9780063267053

0063267055

9780063267091

0063267098

OCLC:

1323328571