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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. P R A I S EUno de los Top 100 Novelas de Fantasía de Todos los Tiempos de la Revista TIME -- Ahora en español!
Una adolescente de Texas se enfrenta al fantasma de su primo y jura desenmascarar al asesino. Elatsoe --Ellie, para abreviar-- vive en los Estados Unidos de hoy, pero en una realidad alternativa, moldeada por las magias ancestrales y los saberes propios de los grupos indígenas e inmigrantes. Ellie puede despertar el espíritu de animales muertos y, lo más importante, de su perro fantasma Kirby. Cuando su primo, al que adora, muere, todo apunta a un accidente automovilístico, pero su fantasma le dice lo contrario: lo asesinaron. Quién lo mató y cómo murió? Con la ayuda de su familia, su mejor amigo Jay y la memoria de su tatarabuela en sexto grado, Elatsoe debe rastrear al asesino y desentrañar el misterio de este pueblo espeluznante y su oscuro pasado. Será posible que los siniestros habitantes del pueblo y un misterioso doctor la detengan antes de que pueda empezar? La impresionante novela debut de Darcie Little Badger presenta a una protagonista adolescente asexual y apache --y combina misterio, horror, noir, conocimiento ancestral, ilustraciones inquietantes y elementos de fantasía-- en uno de los libros más comentados de los últimos años. Ganador del Premio Locus -- Mejor Primera NovelaBest 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 ESince 2020, the We're Here series has combed speculative short fiction markets for the finest queer writing with an eye for celebrating work that spans the breadth of the field. The 2023 edition, edited by Darcie Little Badger, is no exception.
Featuring the work of: Ash Arya, Z. K. Abraham, Sharang Biswas, Nkone Chaka, Eliza Chan, Kwame Sound Daniels, Maria Dong, Carson Faust, Tessa Fisher, Ana Hurtado, S. M. Hallow, Sean Robinson, Tehnuka & Regina Kanyu Wang (translated by Rebecca F. Kuang).