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005			20231009192546.0
008			230314s20232023nyc 000 1 eng d
020			_a9780063267053
082	0		_aFIC VER _2
100	1		_aVerble, Margaret
245	1	0	_aStealing : _ba novel _c/ Margaret Verble
260			_aNew York _b: Mariner Books _c, 2023
300			_a240 p. _c; 23 cm
520			_aSince 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.
546			_aEnglish
650		4	_aCherokee Indians _v--Fiction
650		4	_aIndigenous children _x-Crimes against _x-Fiction
650		4	_aOff-reservation boarding schools _x-Fiction
650		4	_aFemale friendship _v--Fiction
655		4	_aHistorical fiction
942			_cMO
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