Summary
“An adrenaline rush-inducing must-read.” –School Library Journal, starred review “A powerful and moving depiction of seeking justice amid mourning.” – Booklist, starred review
This edge-of-your-seat Indigenous murder-mystery set in Costa Rica from Pura Belpré and Walter Dean Myers Award-winning author of Saints of the Household is perfect for fans of Firekeeper’s Daughter and Patron Saints of Nothing.
How far would you go to protect your land…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780374389512 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0374389519 |
| Author: | Ari Tison |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 23 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 390g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 143mm x 29mm |
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Critics Review
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
★ “An adrenaline rush-inducing must-read.” –School Library Journal, starred review
“Writing in the first-person for Ulá and ingeniously using omnipresent narration for other characters, Tison weaves in Bribri folklore, reflections on the fight for Indigenous Costa Rican rights, and the weight of familial ties to great impact. Rich, complex, and powerful in matters of the heart.” – Kirkus Reviews
“A welcome, engrossing addition to the growing landscape of suspenseful Indigenous young adult literature.” – The Horn Book
About The Author
Ari Tison
Ari Tison is a Bribri (Indigenous Costa Rican) American and African descended poet and storyteller. Her poems and short works have been published in Yellow Medicine Review, The Under Review, Rock & Sling, and POETRY’s first ever edition for children. She was the winner of the 2018 Vaunda Micheaux Nelson award for a BIPOC writer with Lerner Publishing. She currently is on faculty at Hamline University and the annual broadside editor for Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop where she gets to collaborate with the Minnesota Center for the Book Arts to bring incarcerated voices into the world. Saints of the Household is her debut novel.
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