{"product_id":"tiny-piece-of-blue-9781647428365","title":"Tiny Piece of Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Charlotte Whitney\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - 20th Century - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Kristin Hannah's \u003ci\u003eThe Four Winds\u003c\/i\u003e and Lisa Wingate's \u003ci\u003eShelterwood \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a heartwarming historical novel following a homeless young girl as she struggles to survive during the Great Depression.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRural Michigan, 1934. During the throes of the Great Depression, thirteen-year-old Silstice Trayson finds herself homeless, abandoned by her parents after a devastating house fire. Nearby, aging midwestern farmers Edna and Vernon Goetz are pillars of the community, but when do-gooder Edna takes up Silstice's cause, Vernon digs in his heels, displaying his true nature as an ornery curmudgeon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Theirs is a quiet-seeming community, but danger lurks beneath the bucolic façade. With so many youngsters leaving home to make it on their own, child trafficking has grown rampant, and Silstice and her two spirited young brothers soon find themselves in the sights of a ring of kidnappers that's exploiting local children into forced labor--and worse. Meanwhile Vernon finds himself at risk of losing everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Narrated by Silstice, Vernon, and Edna, \u003ci\u003eA Tiny Piece of Blue\u003c\/i\u003e sets the customs and traditions of rural Michigan against a backdrop of thievery, bribery, and child-trafficking--weaving a suspenseful yet tender tale that ultimately winds its way to a heartwarming conclusion.","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45299375800471,"sku":"9781647428365","price":1271.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781647428365.webp?v=1768582090","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/tiny-piece-of-blue-9781647428365","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}