{"product_id":"elatsoe-paperback","title":"Elatsoe - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDarcie Little Badger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRovina Cai\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of TIME Magazine's Top 100 Fantasy Novels of All Time -- Now in Paperback! \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Texas teen comes face-to-face with a cousin's ghost and vows to unmask the murderer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElatsoe--Ellie for short--lives 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 animals--most 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe breathtaking debut novel from Darcie Little Badger features an asexual, Apache teen protagonist--and combines mystery, horror, noir, ancestral knowledge, haunting illustrations, and fantasy elements, in one of the most-talked-about books in years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eW I N N E R\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLocus Award Winner--Best First Novel \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNebula Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLodestar Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIgnyte Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerican Indian Youth Literature Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eP R A I S E\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Groundbreaking.\" --TIME \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Deeply enjoyable from start to finish.\"--NPR \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Utterly magical.\" --SyFyWire \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Atmospheric and lyrical...a gorgeous work of art.\"--\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the best YA debuts of 2020. Read it.\"--Marieke Nijkamp \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e★ \"A fresh voice and perspective.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e(starred) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e★ \"A unique and powerful Native American voice.\"-\u003ci\u003eBookPage \u003c\/i\u003e(starred) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e★ \"A brilliant, engaging debut.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e (starred) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e★ \"A fast-paced murder mystery.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e★ \"A Lipan Apache Sookie Stackhouse for the teen set.\" --\u003ci\u003eShelf-Awareness \u003c\/i\u003e(starred) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEST OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNPR * Buzzfeed * BookPage * Chicago Public Library * Publishers Weekly * Kirkus * Shelf Awareness * Reactor * Booklist\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarcie Little Badger\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lipan Apache writer with a PhD in oceanography. Her critically acclaimed debut novel, Elatsoe, was featured in TIME as one of the best 100 fantasy books of all time. Elatsoe also won the Locus Award for Best First Novel and was a Nebula, Ignyte, and Lodestar finalist. Her second fantasy novel, A Snake Falls to Earth, received the Newbery Honor, was a LA Times Book Prize Finalist, and was longlisted for the National Book Award. 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