{"product_id":"the-purchase-9780804173261","title":"The Purchase","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of Canada's Governor General's Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePennsylvania, 1798. Daniel Dickinson, a devout Quaker, has just lost his wife. When he marries a fifteen-year-old Methodist orphan to help with his five small children, his fellow Quakers disown him for his impropriety. Forced out of the only community he's ever known, Daniel moves his family to the Virginia frontier. He has in hand a few land warrants, with which he plans to establish his new homestead. \u003cbr\u003e Although determined to hold to his Quaker belief in abolitionism, Daniel is now in a slave state, and he soon finds himself the owner of a young boy named Onesimus. This fatal purchase sets in motion a twisted chain of events that will forever change his children's lives--and his own. An unforgettable story of sacrifice and redemption, \u003ci\u003eThe Purchase\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully explores questions of fate, faith, loyalty, and conscience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Spalding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 4.73w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804173261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e155420 \/ Purchase\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinda Spalding was born and raised in Kansas. She is the author of three previous novels and two acclaimed works of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eA Dark Place in the Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e, which was short-listed for the Trillium Book Award and the Pearson Writers' Non-Fiction Prize, and \u003ci\u003eWho Named the Knife\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Purchase\u003c\/i\u003e received Canada's prestigious Governor General's Award for English-language fiction. Spalding lives in Toronto, where she is an editor of \u003ci\u003eBrick\u003c\/i\u003e magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44411356479603,"sku":"9780804173261","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_5ad8369d-f53f-45a2-bb8f-37cee6aa7e3c.jpg?v=1772026492","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-purchase-9780804173261","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}