{"product_id":"elatsoe-9781646140053","title":"Elatsoe","description":"Locus Award Winner--Best First Novel \u003cbr\u003e A National Indie Bestseller \u003cbr\u003e Nebula Award Finalist \u003cbr\u003e Lodestar Award Finalist \u003cbr\u003e Ignyte Award Finalist \u003cbr\u003e TIME's Best 100 Fantasy Books of All Time \u003cbr\u003e NPR Best of the Year \u003cbr\u003e Booklist's Top 10 First Novels for Youth \u003cbr\u003e A BookPage Best of the Year \u003cbr\u003e Chicago Public Library \"Best of the Best\" \u003cbr\u003e PNBA Bestseller \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best of the Year \u003cbr\u003e Buzzfeed's Best YA SFF of the Year \u003cbr\u003e Shelf-Awareness Best of the Year \u003cbr\u003e AICL Best YA of the Year \u003cbr\u003e NECBA Windows \u0026amp; Mirrors Selection \u003cbr\u003e NEIBA Award Finalist \u003cbr\u003e Tor Best of the Year \u003cbr\u003e Kirkus Best YA of the Year \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Flying Start \u003cbr\u003e American Indian Youth Literature Award Finalist \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.\"--BuzzFeed \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.\"--Booklist, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ★ \"A unique and powerful Native American voice.\"--BookPage, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ★ \"A brilliant, engaging debut.\"--Kirkus Reviews, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ★ \"A fast-paced murder mystery.\"--Publishers Weekly, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ★ \"A Lipan Apache Sookie Stackhouse for the teen set.\"--Shelf-Awareness, starred review \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\u003e Elatsoe--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\u003e 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 it's dark past. But will the nefarious townsfolk and a mysterious Doctor stop her before she gets started? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A breathtaking debut novel featuring an asexual, Apache teen protagonist, \u003ci\u003eElatsoe\u003c\/i\u003e combines mystery, horror, noir, ancestral knowledge, haunting illustrations, fantasy elements, and is one of the most-talked about debuts of the year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDarcie Little Badger is an Earth scientist, writer, and fan of the weird, beautiful, and haunting. She is an enrolled member of the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas. Her Locus Award-winning debut novel, \u003ci\u003eElatsoe\u003c\/i\u003e, was a National Indie Bestseller, named to over a dozen best-of-year lists, and called one of the Best 100 Fantasy Novels of All Time by \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eA Snake Falls to Earth\u003c\/i\u003e was longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature and received a Newbery Award Honor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRovina Cai is a freelance illustrator based in Melbourne, Australia. She works out of an old convent building that is possibly haunted. Her work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators and the Children's Book Council of Australia. Recently she has illustrated books by Patrick Ness and Margo Lanagan. Instagram @rovinacai\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Levine Querido","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50593161445650,"sku":"9781646140053","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cb07798b-0ccf-4b45-b660-923f3252918d.jpg?v=1732112098","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/elatsoe-9781646140053","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}