Synopsis
Summary
A horror collection following one extended Cherokee family through the centuries. Readers are taken from the tribe’s homelands in Georgia in the 1830s to World War I, the Vietnam War, our own present, and well into the future, each story delivering a slice of its particular time period. We meet monsters of all sorts, from the time-worn classics of werewolves, vampires, and zombies, to predators of a distinctly American variety, such as the horrors of empire, intimate partner violence, and dispossession. Still other monsters are drawn from the traditions of long-told Cherokee stories—tales of Deer Woman, fantastical sea creatures, and more.
Notable Achievements
Winner of the 2023 Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, Teen Category; American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Honor; International Literacy Association Book Award Winner; Whippoorwhill Award Winner; Reading the West Book Awards Shortlist; NEA Read Across America Recommended Title; Washington Post, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Horn Book, New York Public Library Best of the Year
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