Summary
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 m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781406391800 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1406391808 |
| Author: | Bridget Krone |
| Publisher: | Walker Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Walker Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 6 February 2020 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 128mm x 198mm |
| Audience Age: | 9-12 |
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Critics Review
This poignant, charming, perfect gem of a novel has the wonderfully timeless feel of a classic although it is set in modern-day, post-apartheid South Africa, in the City of Pietermaritzburg, the author’s home. It’s a small book with an uplifting message of love and community that resonates in our troubled times. * The Buffalo News *
Small Mercies is a children’s classic in the making … it is a gently humorous delight. Satisfying, tender, funny and kind, this novel, as several other reviewers have noted, lingers after you turn the last page. - Featured in an interview with Bridget Crone in The Witness. * The Witness *
the main story arch highlights the importance of telling the truth, it also covers race, bullying, poverty, mental health, friendship and community. * Highway Mail *
Bridget Krone
Bridget Krone lives and works in a village called Hilton just outside Pietermaritzburg, in the foothills of the Drakensberg mountains in South Africa. Her office looks onto a field where cows graze in the winter and cranes (both crowned and blue) visit in the summer. She has spent most of her working life writing short novels and English language text books for school children in South Africa. Her favorite stories are those that, just when you expect a lesson, sing a song instead.
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