{"product_id":"a-child-is-a-piece-of-paper-paperback","title":"A Child is a Piece of Paper - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLance Crossley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***A 2018 SPR Book Awards Honorable Mention***\u003cbr\u003e***A National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist***\u003cbr\u003e***A B.R.A.G. Medallion Recipient***\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorthern Ontario, 1960.\u003c\/b\u003e A family on the Eabametoong reserve wakes to the sound of a floatplane on the lake. Within hours, six-year-old Wanisin and his sister Mitena are torn from their parents under a government order and flown to a residential school hundreds of miles away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Child is a Piece of Paper \u003c\/b\u003eis a gripping, emotionally charged novel about a family ruptured by Canada's residential school system - and a child's fight to hold onto who he is in a system built to erase him. Told with cinematic clarity and a sensory closeness to the land, the novel captures the tension between a childhood of hunting trips, sibling play, and the rhythms of the bush, and the sudden intrusion of church and state determined to \"civilize\" by force. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCrossley writes in a lyrical, image-rich style - attuned to light, snow, breath, animal bodies, and the physicality of fear - with the pacing of historical drama and the emotional force of literary fiction. The result is a page-turning, accessible literary novel that shows, with human stakes rather than lecture, what happens when a government claims a child on paper - but cannot fully claim the mind, memory, or spirit beneath it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePowerful, visceral, and unforgettable - this is not a history lesson. It is what it felt like to be inside it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Raw... gritty...no single adjective can sufficiently describe the intensity of \u003ci\u003eA Child is a Piece of Paper.\"\u003c\/i\u003e..Crossley has written a very powerful work of fiction...Poignant and painful...will stay with you long after the last page has been read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-- SPR Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I was absolutely hooked ... The characters are diverse and vivid ... [an] outstanding story of survival ... an emotional rollercoaster ... the ending had me in tears.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Readers' Favorite (5-star review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A gripping, wrenching read...thoroughly engrossing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-- Midwest Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50487927865581,"sku":"9781730917394","price":16.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/a-child-is-a-piece-of-paper-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}