Small Mercies

For readers who loved classics like Anne of Green Gables and Because of Winn Dixie comes this tale out of South Africa about friendship, family, and With the kind of quirky humor and classic writing style of recent books like The Penderwicks or classics like The Moffats--but married to the social justice sensibilities of more modern children's lit movements like We Need Diverse Books--Bridget Krone brings us a book rooted in the very heart of a child's personal, individual need for justice, and set in the very South African city where Mohatmas Gandhi first developed his concept of passive resistance (satyagraha). Krone subtly weaves what it means to be in solidarity with others while passively or non-violently resisting injustice into a story that tackles the main character's fear of being ripped away from the only family she can remember, dealing with bullies at school, and fighting to keep the house that's been in her foster family for generations. Touches on themes of Alzheimer's disease, poverty, foster families, mixed-race and bi-cultural families, the history of Gandhi in South Africa, and collective action against injustice. This is Bridget Krone's debut novel. Simultaneous release of hardback and paperback.