Book Description
for Small Mercies by Bridget Krone and Karen Vermeulen
From The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
Everything in Mercy's life in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa is falling apart. Her eccentric foster aunts are in financial ruin, school is nothing but trouble, and a conniving developer is eyeing her aunts' house. Bit by bit their house seems to be falling apart while Aunt Flora starts forgetting words, names, even how to behave in public. Then Mercy is framed for a theft that she didn't commit and her teachers vow to look into her family life. Mercy not only needs a miracle, she needs to find courage and use her voice to tell complex truths. And she does.
2021 USBBY Outstanding International Book.
The author lives in the foothills of South Africa.
English. Originally published in the United States by Catalyst Pres in 2020.
© USBBY, 2022. Used with permission.