{"product_id":"butterfly-heart-9781646145751","title":"Butterfly Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003eVilda takes life as it comes, talking for hours about everything and nothing with her best friend, Alma. It's never been a big deal to Vilda that her mother's side of the family is Sámi and her father's is Swedish, but as summer vacation starts, she wants to know more about her indigenous roots-and she's looking forward to her beloved grandfather, Áddjá, teaching her the Sámi language. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen Áddjá has a fatal heart attack and, overnight, Vilda loses not only a person she loves most in the world, but a crucial link to her history and identity. It's disorienting in ways deep and superficial: she doesn't know what to wear, what to say, or how Alma and her friends should react. And all this comes while her body is changing, and she's swamped by confusing thoughts and feelings about an older boy she meets at her grandfather's funeral. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeeling whole seems impossibly hard to reach. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eButterfly Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender, heartwarming story about love, grief, and the right to define who you are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Moa Backe Åstot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Levine Querido\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.75w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646145751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoa Backe Åstot\u003c\/b\u003e, born in 1998 in Malmberget, is Sami and a reindeer owner. She has studied creative writing at Umeå University and Jakobsberg Folk School's well-regarded creative writing program. She has received a number of awards for her writing, among them one from Sveriges Radio in 2018 for her short story, \"A Small Red Drop.\" She lives in Jokkmokk. \u003ci\u003eFire From the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44119536468013,"sku":"9781646145751","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_23cf9fa9-3a65-44ff-a2aa-29f81fbe46df.jpg?v=1756229335","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/butterfly-heart-9781646145751","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}