Gardens in the Dunes

Gardens in the DunesA sweeping, multifaceted tale of a young Native American pulled between the cherished traditions of a heritage on the brink of extinction and an encroaching white culture, Gardens in the Dunes is the powerful story of one womans quest to reconcile two worlds that are diametrically opposed. At the center of this struggle is Indigo, who is ripped from her tribe, the Sand Lizard people, by white soldiers who destroy her home and family. Placed in a

but will be eye-opening to those who have not previously encountered such a perspective

Animal tracks

and goading him into a destructive

Named a "Best Novel of the Decade" by Literary Hub

This book offers young children a chance to explore counting

A spiritual coming-of-age memoir from a poet praised for her "breathtaking complex witness and world-remaking language" (Adrienne Rich)

offers nuanced contemporary views of Anishinaabe history

Original Man and his grandmother

blue waters

which—even at its most abstract—echoes the calls and cries of the earth

the narrative tension builds deliciously to the scene of the fleeing mice

Although nationally specific