{"product_id":"digging-a-hole-to-heaven-by-s-d-nelson-9781419707308","title":"Digging a Hole to Heaven","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 12 years old, Conall has already worked in the coal mines of West Virginia for two years. He spends his days deep underground with his faithful mule, Angel, carting loads of coal back and forth between the coal seams and the main shaft, where elevators take the coal up to the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne day, a tunnel collapses, and his brother is trapped with others on the wrong side! How can Conall and Angel help to save them?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMixing archival images with his original artwork, in this historical fiction picture book, acclaimed author and illustrator S. D. Nelson gives voice to the poverty, grueling labour, and dangerous conditions experienced by child labourers across our nation in the past, echoing conditions today, especially for migrant fieldworkers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eDigging a Hole to Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNelson's acrylic-paint illustrations are gritty and realistic; more evocative still are the historical photographs that appear on nearly every page. A useful and thorough piece of work combining fiction and nonfiction, with an extensive author's note detailing the history of coal mining.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46993530323180,"sku":"9781419707308","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12840613482693.jpg?v=1763094941","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/digging-a-hole-to-heaven-by-s-d-nelson-9781419707308","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}