{"product_id":"under-the-herons-light-hardcover-2","title":"Under the Heron's Light - Hardcover","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\u003eRandi Pink\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspired by stories about the real-world Great Dismal Swamp, this acclaimed fantasy explores alternate history, a family's supernatural connections to the swamp, and the\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003estrength that comes in knowing your roots. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e★ \"\u003cb\u003eA fierce, loving, and exquisite humanity-centered book.\u003c\/b\u003e\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003estarred review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e★ \"\u003cb\u003eMesmerizing storytelling. . .\u003c\/b\u003e\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Four thousand six hundred forty-two steps in,\" Grannylou interrupted. \"You remember that now, Baby. Four-thousand six hundred forty-two steps to paradise.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a damp night in 1722, Babylou Mac and her three siblings witness the murder of their mother at the hands of the local preacher's son--so Babylou kills him in retaliation. With plantation dogs now on their heels, the four siblings breach the treacherous confines of the Great Dismal Swamp. Deeper and deeper into Dismal they delve, amid the biting moccasins and pitch-black waters, toward a refuge where they can live freely within the swamp's natural--and supernatural--protection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree-hundred years later, college student Atlas comes home to North Carolina for the annual Bornday cookout and hog roast: a celebration of the fact that she and her three cousins were all born on the same day nineteen years ago, sharing a birthday with their Grannylou. But this Bornday, Grannylou's usual riddles and folktales about a marvelous paradise deep in the Great Dismal Swamp start to take on a tangible quality. \u003ci\u003eChange coming.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Dismal calls, sucking Grannylou in, it's up to Atlas and her cousins to uncover the history that the black waters hold. Centuries of family tension, with roots all over Virginia and North Carolina, are about to be dug up. Because Babylou and Grannylou are one and the same, and the power she helped cultivate hundreds of years ago--steeped in Black resistance, familial love, and the otherworldly mysteries of the Great Dismal Swamp--is bubbling back up. But so is a bitterness that runs deep as the swamp's waters. And some are ready to take what they feel they're owed.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandi Pink \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eAngel of Greenwood, \u003c\/i\u003e praised by NPR as a story \"American kids need to know\"; \u003ci\u003eGirls Like Us\u003c\/i\u003e, a School Library Journal Best Book of 2019, and \u003ci\u003eInto White\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Feiwel and Friends. She lives with her family in Birmingham, Alabama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.15 x 8.61 x 5.67 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47397557076217,"sku":"9781250820372","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZYDyDaorb19781250820372_d5074ed7-1f99-47d1-83da-85bd996919db.webp?v=1770293345","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/under-the-herons-light-hardcover-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}