Elatsoe [Hardcover]

One of TIME Magazine's Top 100 Fantasy Novels of All Time  Now in Paperback! 

A Texas teen comes face-to-face with a cousins ghost and vows to unmask the murderer.

ElatsoeEllie for shortlives in an alternate contemporary America shaped by the ancestral magics and knowledge of its Indigenous and immigrant groups. She can raise the spirits of dead animalsmost importantly, her ghost dog Kirby. When her beloved cousin dies, all signs point to a car crash, but his ghost tells her otherwise: He was murdered.

Who killed him and how did he die? With the help of her family, her best friend Jay, and the memory great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother, Ellie, must track down the killer and unravel the mystery of this creepy town and its dark past. But will the nefarious townsfolk and a mysterious Doctor stop her before she gets started?

The breathtaking debut novel from Darcie Little Badger features an asexual, Apache teen protagonistand combines mystery, horror, noir, ancestral knowledge, haunting illustrations, and fantasy elements, in one of the most-talked-about books in years.

AWARDS

Locus Award WinnerBest First Novel 
A National Indie Bestseller
Nebula Award Finalist
Lodestar Award Finalist
Ignyte Award Finalist
American Indian Youth Literature Award Finalist

P R A I S E

Groundbreaking. TIME

Deeply enjoyable from start to finish.NPR

Utterly magical. SyFyWire

Atmospheric and lyrical...a gorgeous work of art.BuzzFeed

One of the best YA debuts of 2020. Read it. Marieke Nijkamp

 A fresh voice and perspective.Booklist(starred)

 A unique and powerful Native American voice.BookPage(starred)

 A brilliant, engaging debut.Kirkus(starred)

 A fast-paced murder mystery.Publishers Weekly(starred)

 A Lipan Apache Sookie Stackhousl_