{"product_id":"under-the-herons-light","title":"Under the Heron's Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eInspired by stories about the real-world Great Dismal Swamp, this acclaimed fantasy explores alternate history and a family’s supernatural connections to the swamp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, perfect for fans of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSinners,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBlood at the Root,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJudy I. Lin, and Jason Reynolds!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e★ \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA fierce, loving, and exquisite humanity-centered book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003estarred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e★ \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMesmerizing storytelling. . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\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\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 learning to live freely within the swamp’s natural―and supernatural―protection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree-hundred years later, college student Atlas comes home to North Carolina for her family's annual cookout and hog roast. But this time, Grannylou’s usual riddles and folktales about a marvelous paradise deep in the Great Dismal Swamp start to take on a tangible quality. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChange coming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 are about to be dug up. Because the power their grandmother 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Randi Pink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45498637811888,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/6821\/9056\/files\/81B9szZ7swL._SL1500.jpg?v=1785745265","url":"https:\/\/www.umojabooks.com\/products\/under-the-herons-light","provider":"Umoja House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}