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Locus Award WinnerBest First Novel
A National Indie Bestseller
Nebula Award Finalist
Lodestar Award Finalist
Ignyte Award Finalist
TIMEs Best 100 Fantasy Books of All Time
NPR Best of the Year
Booklists Top 10 First Novels for Youth
A BookPage Best of the Year
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best
PNBA Bestseller
Publishers Weekly Best of the Year
Buzzfeeds Best YA SFF of the Year
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AICL Best YA of the Year
NECBA Windows & Mirrors Selection
NEIBA Award Finalist
Tor Best of the Year
Kirkus Best YA of the Year
Publishers Weekly Flying Start
American Indian Youth Literature Award Finalist
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A Texas teen comes face-to-face with a cousins ghost and vows to unmask the murderer.
ElatsoeEllie for shortlives in an alternate contemporary America shaped by the ancestral magics and knowledge of its Indigenous and immigrant groups. She can raise the spirits of dead animalsmost importantly, her ghost dog Kirby. When her beloved cousin dies, all signs point to a car crash, but his ghost tells her otherwise: He was murdered.
Who killed him and how did he die? With the help of her family, her best friend Jay, and the memory great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother, Elatsoe, must track down the killer and unravel the mystery of this creepy town and its dark past. But will the nefarious townsfolk and a mysterious Doctor stop her before she gets started?
A breathtaking debut novel featuring an asexual, Apache teen protagonist, Elatsoe combines mystery, horror, noir, ancestral knowledge, haunting illustrations, fantasy elements, and is one of the most-talked about debuts of the year.
Author: Darcie Little Badger
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Levine Querido
Published: 08/25/2020
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.54lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781646140053
Language: English
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