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Stolen : a novel / Ann-Helén Laestadius ; translated from the Swedish by Rachel Willson-Broyles.

Summary:

It is winter, north of the Arctic Circle. A few hours of pale light is all the sun has to offer before the landscape is once more enveloped in complete darkness. This is Sápmi, land of the Sámi, Scandinavia's Indigenous people. Nine-year-old Elsa is the daughter of Sámi reindeer herders. Her community is under constant threat--from the Swedish population who don't always value the Sámi way of life, from the government that wants to claim their land for mining, and from violent poachers who slaughter their reindeer for sport and for sale on the black market. One morning, when Elsa goes skiing alone, she witnesses a man brutally killing her beloved reindeer calf. Elsa is terrified by what she sees. Fearing for her own life and for the lives of her family members, she remains silent. Ten years pass, and Elsa is now trying to claim a role for herself in her community, where male elders expect young women to know their place. Meanwhile, the hostility toward the Sámi continues to escalate, and the police won't do anything to protect them. When Elsa becomes the target of the man who killed her reindeer calf all those years ago, something inside of her breaks. The guilt, fear, and anger she's been carrying since childhood come crashing over her, leading to a final catastrophic confrontation.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781668005071 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 384 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: Scribner Canada edition.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Scribner Canada, 2023.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes discussion questions.
Language Note:
Translated from the Swedish.
Subject: Sami (European people) > Fiction.
Culture conflict > Fiction.
Lapland > Fiction.
Genre: Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Topic Heading: Aboriginal.
Indigenous collection.

Available copies

  • 17 of 18 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kitimat Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 18 total copies.
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