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Hartman, Rachel

In the Serpent's Wake

512 pp. | Random | February, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-1-101-93132-5 $18.99 | Library ISBN 978-1-101-93133-2 $21.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-101-93134-9 $10.99
(2) YA In this sequel to Tess of the Road (rev. 3/18), Tess must get her beloved quigutl friend, Pathka, to the Polar Serpent for healing. She's also on a spying mission for her Goreddi monarch, so she insinuates herself into a Ninysh voyage of scientific discovery aiming to find the Serpent. The journey progresses through a vast archipelago colonized by the Ninysh, who have displaced and tried to crush the varied cultures and knowledges of the islands' many indigenous peoples. But Tess's quest depends on the expertise of many of those peoples, and both she and the voyage's aristocratic scientist leader are forced to examine their imperialist complicity as they learn to heed indigenous voices and claims. This is but one of many currents in this timely, challenging work, with its vital questioning of cultural superiority and of assumptions about heterogeneity--in culture, gender, and physicality. Conceptually rich, serious, emotionally complex; a worthy addition to Hartman's already considerable achievement.
Reviewer: Deirdre F. Baker | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2022

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