Sheine Lende

Best of the Year: NPR - Common Sense Media - BookPage - Kirkus

Shane works with her mother and their ghost dogs, tracking down missing persons even when their families can' t afford to pay. Their own family was displaced from their traditional home years ago following a devastating flood - and the loss of Shane' s father and her grandparents. They don' t think they' ll ever get their home back.

Then Shane' s mother and a local boy go missing, after a strange interaction with a fairy ring. Shane, her brother, her friends, and her lone, surviving grandparent - who isn' t to be trusted - set off on the road to find them. But they may not be anywhere in this world - or this place in time.

Nevertheless, Shane is going to find them.

Darcie Little Badger' s  Elatsoe  launched her career and in the years since has become a beloved favorite. This prequel to  Elatsoe, centered on Ellie' s grandmother, deepens and expands Darcie' s one-of-a-kind world and introduces us to another cast of characters that will wend their way around readers' hearts.

P R A I S E
STAR - " A classic fantasy adventure and a balm for any soul weary of oppression. "
-Kirkus  (starred)

STAR - " A wonderful addition to the  Elatsoe  universe with vital representation, worthy of any YA collection. Highly recommended. "
-School Library Journal  (starred)

STAR - " Allows readers to absorb each inventive twist, unexpected encounter, jolt of creepy menace, and dreamy illustration. "
-Booklist  (starred)

STAR - " With elements of Lipan Apache oral history, fantasy, and mysteries, the captivating novel  Sheine Lende  follows found and inherited family members as they persevere. "
-Foreword  (starred)

" Epic. "
-Bulletin of the Center for Children' s Books

" Gritty, luminous… beguiling. "
-Shelf-Awareness

" Darcie Little Badger is so good at what she does, and I can' t wait to see what she comes up with next. "
-Locus Magazine