{"product_id":"summer-of-the-ancient-9781950560653","title":"Summer of the Ancient","description":"\u003cp\u003eSilki Rose Begay, a young Navajo teenager, thought she'd made up \u003cem\u003eWol-la-chee, \u003c\/em\u003e the Ancient Ant Man, when she was a kid drumming up crazy adventures to have on horseback with her best friend Birdie. When \u003cem\u003eWol-la-chee\u003c\/em\u003e shrieks into her life one summer day on Concho Mountain, everything changes, including Birdie, who distances herself more after each mysterious event on the Rez. With her family constantly pushing her toward more responsibility and respect for her tribe's heritage, as well as Birdie telling her she has her \u003cem\u003ereal \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eunreal\u003c\/em\u003e all mixed up, the pressure mounts for Silki to face her destiny and confront \u003cem\u003eWol-la-chee\u003c\/em\u003e. If she does her part, will He go back where he came from, will Birdie finally believe, and can Silki handle the whole Ancient World by herself?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStewart, Jodi Lea:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jodi Lea Stewart's writing reflects her life starting in Texas and Oklahoma, moving to an Arizona cattle ranch next door to the Navajo Nation, and resuming later in her native Texas. She left the University of Arizona to move to San Francisco, where she learned what she didn't want to do with her life. Since then, she graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Business Management, raised three children, worked as an electro-mechanical drafter, penned humor columns for a college periodical, wrote regional western articles, and served as managing editor of a Fortune 500 company newsletter. She currently lives in Arizona with her husband, a Standard poodle, a rescue cat, and numerous houseplants. Jodi is a member of the Southwest Writers and New Mexico-Arizona Book Co-op.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Progressive Rising Phoenix Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50863551152402,"sku":"9781950560653","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5887dc04-3089-49e6-9efb-8bc495ac9c47.jpg?v=1737640708","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/summer-of-the-ancient-9781950560653","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}