Elatsoe

Locations
Call Number: Teen Fiction / Little Badger, Darcie, Teen Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Little Badger, Darcie
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Teen, 1st Floor 4-week checkout	Teen Fiction / Little Badger, Darcie	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Teen, 1st Floor 4-week checkout	Teen Fiction / Little Badger, Darcie	4-week checkout	Due 05-22-2024
Malletts Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Little Badger, Darcie	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Little Badger, Darcie	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Little Badger, Darcie	4-week checkout	Due 05-17-2024
Traverwood Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Little Badger, Darcie	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Little Badger, Darcie	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"This is a Arthur A. Levine book"--title page verso.
"Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice cream. There are some differences. This America has been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, those Indigenous and those not. Some of these forces are charmingly everyday, like the ability to make an orb of light appear or travel across the world through rings of fungi. But other forces are less charming and should never see the light of day. Seventeen-year-old Elatsoe ("Ellie" for short) lives in this slightly stranger America. She can raise the ghosts of dead animals, a skill passed down through generations of her Lipan Apache family. Her beloved cousin has just been murdered, in a town that wants no prying eyes. But she is going to do more than pry. The picture-perfect façade of Willowbee masks gruesome secrets, and she will rely on her wits, skills, and friends to tear off the mask and protect her family" -- Publisher's description.

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COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Well done and recommended submitted by Susan4Pax -prev. sueij- on June 18, 2022, 11:40pm Setting aside teens who save everything (it’s a YA book, I get it), this was excellent. The story was well constructed, and the mystery unfolded nicely. The supernatural elements of the worldbuilding showed themselves naturally, and I appreciated the skill that took. The characters were nuanced, and changed and grew over the course of the story, reacting to new information, events, and each other. Overall, well done and recommended.

Loved it! submitted by JacobGorski on July 14, 2022, 10:28am Amazing book full of imagination from a Native American perspective. So awesome to see an asexual character!

4/5 submitted by JessicaIJ on July 31, 2023, 9:50pm i loved this book and i love the indigenous and asexual representation (even if the ace rep is very subtle)