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439 pp.
| Candlewick
| May, 2017
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-9210-0$17.99
(2)
YA
Tribe series.
In this final volume of Kwaymullina's "Indigenous futurism" trilogy, it seems the repressive government will finally dissolve the punitive restrictions on those with supernatural abilities. However, powerful Neville Rose's insidious influence causes damage. Action dominates the story, but Kwaymullina develops the imagery and relationships of earlier volumes to undergird all with a web of loyalty, compassion, and commitment to "connection" between beings.
Reviewer: Deirdre F. Baker
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2017
423 pp.
| Candlewick
| May, 2016
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-7843-2$17.99
(2)
YA
Tribe series.
Ashala (The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf) and her group of supernaturally gifted young runaways search for missing member Ember Crow. Ash's Tribe works to dissolve divisions in their post-environmental-cataclysm society. Ember reveals herself to be an entirely new kind of being. This action-filled novel--described in an author's note as Indigenous futurism--speaks to technological and ecological concerns with a vigorous futuristic imagination.
Reviewer: Deirdre F. Baker
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2016
311 pp.
| Disney/Hyperion
| April, 2014
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4231-5222-4$16.99
(3)
4-6
Tribe series.
At the end of his rope, Spencer's father sends him to a summer camp meant to help behaviorally disturbed boys. But not long after his arrival, Peashooter and the Tribe take over the camp and turn everyone against Spencer in retribution for the events in Homeroom Headhunters. Dark but humorous, the story is a modern mash-up of classic middle-grade survival tales.
298 pp.
| Hyperion
| May, 2013
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4231-5221-7$16.99
(3)
4-6
Tribe series.
After accidentally burning down his previous school, Spencer hopes to make a new start at Greenfield Middle. However, trouble finds him when a group of runaways who live undetected within the school relentlessly recruit him. Spencer's attempt to fit in with the marginalized Tribe while trying to fly under the radar makes for an intriguing and darkly humorous story.