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Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)

Darcie Little Badger,

Rovina Cai (Illustrator)

Start date: March 1, 2021

Finish date: March 31, 2021

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Ela: Ghost Dog - SPOILERS
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Mar 06, 2021 Jenny (Reading Envy) rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobook, sci-fi-fantasy, read2021, sword-and-laser, hoopla, indigenous-author, ya, 2021-sword

This month's Sword and Laser pick is a YA novel about Eli, an Apache teen who has a passed down ability to call up the dead. When her cousin dies, he visits her in a dream and tells her that he was murdered. From ghost dogs to a different take on vampires, the novel is full of interesting beings and the ethical ramifications of supernatural gifts.

I think there are some unique takes here and it ended up on a lot of 2020 lists. The end is pretty epic! ...more

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Feb 09, 2021 Crowinator rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya, genre-blend, paranormal-supernatural, folklore-myths-legends, genre-contemporary, queer, 2021-reads, cults, genre-mystery, vamps-and-or-werewolves

I loved this book. I got to read it as a part of my teen librarian group's Tournament of Books, and for those interested, here's the link to the review of it, pitted again another excellent YA novel, The Extraordinaries by one of my personal favorite authors, TJ Klune. (Some spoilers for both books in the discussion.)

https://yasfnews.wordpress.com/2021/0... ...more

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Mar 20, 2021 Beth rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, cybils, kidlit, sword-and-laser, cybils-2020

A fun murder mystery/fantasy. The style took a little getting used to; it felt like things were being set up where there would be a tough decision, and instead it was just obvious to the character what to do. And I think this was a deliberate choice and it was pleasing to me; I'd be skating along in the YA story figuring I knew where all the beats were but I get getting bumped a bit, like in a sled going down a hill. The book even lampshaded this once -- the villain was like "What, you object to ...more

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Sep 03, 2020 Jennifer rated it it was amazing

Shelves: book-clubs

Loved it!

Lipan Apache asexual protagonist has to use her powers to work with the dead to solve the murder of her cousin, with the help of her friends and family. Also, there are ghost dogs, ghost trilobites, ghost mammoths...

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