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Elatsoe

Audiobook
1 of 1 copy available
1 of 1 copy available
Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice cream.There are some differences. This America has been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, those Indigenous and those not. Some of these forces are charmingly every day, like the ability to make an orb of light appear or travel across the world through rings of fungi. But other forces are less charming and should never see the light of day.Elatsoe lives in this slightly stranger America. She can raise the ghosts of dead animals, a skill passed down through generations of her Lipan Apache family. Her beloved cousin has just been murdered, in a town that wants no prying eyes. But she is going to do more than pry. The picture-perfect facade of Willowbee masks gruesome secrets, and she will rely on her wits, skills, and friends to tear off the mask and protect her family.Darcie Little Badger is an extraordinary debut talent in the world of speculative fiction.
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from June 22, 2020
      Indigenous myths, modern-day technology, and the supernatural successfully blend to build a fast-paced murder mystery in Little Badger’s intriguing solo debut. After 17-year-old, asexual Ellie’s older cousin Trevor is fatally injured in an apparent car accident, he comes to her in a dream, identifying his killer and begging her to protect his family. Lipan Apache Ellie, named for her “heroic ancestor”—her maternal sixth-great-grandmother, Elatsoe, now known as “Six-Great”—has inherited from her the gift of waking and training ghosts, and sets out to reveal the accident as a crime and unmask the killer. Accom-panied by her faithful sidekick, the ghost of her dead dog Kirby, her loyal friend, “white Celtic-and-Nordic-American” cheerleader Jay, and actively supported by her understanding parents, Ellie battles with ghosts, vampires, and exorcists in a series of suspenseful confrontations—including a descent into an underworld of trilobite fossils—that increase in intensity and eventually solidify her place in her strong maternal lineage of Native protectors. Cai’s grayscale spot illustrations imbue the book with shadowy breath and movement, bringing a lyrical undertone to the energetic plot and multifaceted, refreshing voice. Ages 12–up. Author’s agent: Michael Curry, Donald Maass Literary.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Kinsale Hueston's youthful tone shapes the narration of this young adult ghost mystery. This is a story of a Lipan Apache teenager and her dead dog solving the mystery of her cousin's death. Hueston's fairly quick and steady delivery keeps pace with Elatsoe, known as Ellie, who is always on the go, always figuring things out in her secretive town filled with magic and monsters. Hueston gives Ellie a fearless tone to start, and a slight perkiness appears as the story unfolds. Instead of an eerie mood, given the storyline, there is warmth amid the moments of adolescent probing. Together, Ellie and Hueston remind us that we all have a bit of youthful curiosity. T.E.C. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

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  • English

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  • Lexile® Measure:610
  • Text Difficulty:2-3

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