![]() ![]() And Ellie is forbidden from waking the spirits of dead humans, lest they return as vengeful ghosts. Trevor tells her he was murdered and even reveals the murderer-but that’s all. ![]() Ellie has been practising this skill from childhood, and she has a loyal companion in her ghost dog, Kirby! After her cousin, Trevor, dies near a small and mysterious town in Texas, Ellie receives a visit from him in a dream. For Ellie’s family, who are Lipan Apache like Little Badger herself, this means passing down traditional knowledge about summoning spirits. In this alternative United States, magic exists in a variety of forms. ![]() ![]() This eponymous protagonist goes by the name of Ellie for most of the book. Darcie Little Badger’s debut is one part ghost story, one part educational piece about stolen land and colonial ambitions-and all about a main character who embodies “spunky.” It’s great when a novel has so many draws, isn’t just a single thing. There were many reasons I added Elatsoe to my to-read list when it started making the rounds on Twitter: supernatural mystery, asexual protagonist (which I forgot until I started reading it), Indigenous author and protagonist, etc. ![]()
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