{"product_id":"elatsoe-by-darcie-little-badger-illustrated-by-rovina-cai","title":"Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger, illustrated by Rovina Cai","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Texas teen comes face-to-face with a cousin's ghost and vows to unmask the murderer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDarcie Little Badger\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Lipan Apache writer with a PhD in oceanography. \u003cem\u003eElatsoe\u003c\/em\u003e, her critically acclaimed debut novel, was featured in \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the best 100 fantasy books of all time. \u003cem\u003eElatsoe\u003c\/em\u003e also won the Locus Award for Best First Novel and was a Nebula, Ignyte, and Lodestar finalist. Her second fantasy novel, \u003cem\u003eA Snake Falls to Earth\u003c\/em\u003e, received the Newbery Honor, was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, and was longlisted for the National Book Award. Darcie is married to a veterinarian named Taran and splits her time between California and Texas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67726187855932,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/9781646142767_cfl.jpg?v=1792600189","url":"https:\/\/www.booktique.ca\/products\/elatsoe-by-darcie-little-badger-illustrated-by-rovina-cai","provider":"Booktique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}