Stealing: A Novel
Stealing: A Novel by Margaret Verble is an audio CD edition published by HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing on February 7, 2023. This novel presents a poignant narrative centered on a Cherokee child named Kit Crockett, who is taken from her family and placed in a Christian boarding school during the 1950s. The story explores themes of grief, friendship, and the harsh realities of cultural erasure, as Kit navigates her new environment filled with both companionship and danger.
Readers will find a gripping account of Kit’s experiences as she grapples with loss and identity. The narrative delves into her relationship with her neighbor Bella and the challenges they face as outsiders in their community. As Kit endures the traumatic realities of the boarding school, including the stripping away of her heritage and the abuse she suffers, she remains resilient, documenting her memories in a secret journal. Stealing offers an eye-opening reckoning of historical injustices faced by Native Americans, making it a significant addition to the genres of historical and coming-of-age literature.
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About the Author
MARGARET VERBLE is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Her first novel, Maud’s Line, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
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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.
Since her mother’s death, Kit Crockett has lived 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.
In swift, sharp, and stunning prose, Margaret Verble spins a powerful coming-of age tale and reaffirms her place as an indelible storyteller and chronicler of history.
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