J. Stanion’s Novel My Place Among Them Wins 2024 Pencraft Award for Best Book for Fiction – Cultural
United States, 30th Sep 2024, –
My Place Among Them, a novel by J. Stanion, has been awarded the 2024 Pencraft Award for Best Book for Fiction – Cultural. This recognition follows a series of other accolades for the novel, which has also been honored with the BREW Fiction Book Excellence Award for Political Fiction of the Year 2023 and the BREW Seal of Excellence. Stanion’s novel has garnered attention for its portrayal of Indigenous history and the complexities of cultural identity during a pivotal period in American history.
My Place Among Them tells the story of John Iron Horse, a twelve-year-old Lakota boy who survived the Wounded Knee massacre. The novel delves into the impact of government policies aimed at assimilating Indigenous children and the resulting cultural and personal c...