Sheine Lende

By Darcie Little Badger, Illustrated by Rovina Cai

Sheine Lende focuses on a girl who must use her experience finding missing persons with ghost dogs to track down her own mother.

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Seventeen-year-old Shane has spent much of her adolescence mired in grief. Several years ago, a flood devastated the Lipan Apache community where Shane and her family lived in Texas, and Shane’s father and paternal grandparents died. Only Shane, her mother, Lorenza, and Shane’s little brother left their home unscathed.

Shane and…

Interview with Darcie Little Badger

The author discusses how the strange and beautiful world of Sheine Lende, the prequel to Elatsoe, reflect the experiences of her Lipan Apache tribe.

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