
The picture-perfect facade of Willowbee masks gruesome secrets, and she will rely on her wits, skills, and friends to tear off the mask and protect her family. Her beloved cousin has just been murdered, in a town that wants no prying eyes. She can raise the ghosts of dead animals, a skill passed down through generations of her Lipan Apache family. Shes sassy and sweet, and has a ghost dog as her best friend. But other forces are less charming and should never see the light of day.Elatsoe lives in this slightly stranger America. Elatsoe is an Apache girl with the ability to call ghosts back from Below. Some of these forces are charmingly everyday, like the ability to make an orb of light appear or travel across the world through rings of fungi. This America been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, those Indigenous and those not. It’s got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice cream.There are some differences.

The picture-perfect façade of Willowbee masks gruesome secrets, and she will rely on her wits, skills, and friends to tear off the mask and protect her family" - Publisher's description.Book Summary :Imagine an America very similar to our own. Darcie Little Badger’s murder mystery would suit either. She can raise the ghosts of dead animals, a skill passed down through generations of her Lipan Apache family. Elatsoe is a chance to brings new ideas and new faces to the table, offering a fantasy that embraces fresh voices and story ideas.

Seventeen-year-old Elatsoe ("Ellie" for short) lives in this slightly stranger America. But other forces are less charming and should never see the light of day.

This America has been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, those Indigenous and those not. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice.

"Imagine an America very similar to our own.
