Small Mercies Paperback / softback
by Bridget Krone
Paperback / softback
Description
Mercy needs to stand up for herself. She also needs a miracle. Eleven-year-old Mercy lives with her eccentric foster aunts – two elderly sisters so poor they can afford only one lightbulb.
A nasty housing developer is eyeing their house, which suddenly starts falling apart – just as Aunt Flora does, too.
She’s forgetting words, names and even how to behave in public.
Mercy tries to keep her head down at school but when a classmate frames her for stealing the school’s raffle money, Mercy’s teachers decide to take a closer look at her home life.
With the help of a neighbour, Mr Singh, who teaches Mercy about Gandhi and his principles of passive resistance, Mercy finds a tool that can help solve her problems.
But first, like Gandhi, she needs to stand up for herself.
She also needs a miracle. And to summon it she has to find her voice and tell the truth – and that truth is neither pure nor simple.
A book that already feels like a classic, Small Mercies holds a strong message for children today.
Full of heart, it will shine among the best children's literature for years to come.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Walker Books Ltd
- Publication Date:06/02/2020
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- ISBN:9781406391800
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Information
-
Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Walker Books Ltd
- Publication Date:06/02/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781406391800