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Sheine Lende: A Prequel to Elatsoe

Darcie Little Badger

Rovina Cai

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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.

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Hi Friends, \ \ Huge win for Indigenous authors at the Hugo Awards this year!\ \ Darcie Little Badger won the Lodestar award for Sheine Lende (prequel to Elatsoe)\ \ Moniquill Blackgoose, author of To Shape A Dragon's Breath won Best New Writer\ \ Rebecca Roanhorse won best series for the Between Earth And Sky series!\ \ Congrats to all the winners! \ \ Check out and order the award winning books below (including a pre-order for Moniquill Blackgoose's new book!)

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