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Title details for Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina - Available

Sisters of the Lost Nation

by Nick Medina
Elva Guerra
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Named a Most Anticipated Book by Barnes and Noble ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ GoodReads ∙ Book Riot ∙ CrimeReads ∙ Ms. Magazine ∙ SheReads ∙ Amazon Editor's Pick ∙ Tor.com ∙ and more!
A young Native girl's hunt for answers about the women mysteriously disappearing from her tribe's reservation leads her to delve into the myths and stories of her people, all while being haunted herself, in this atmospheric and stunningly poignant debut.
Anna Horn is always looking over her shoulder. For the bullies who torment her, for the entitled visitors at the reservation’s casino…and for the nameless, disembodied entity that stalks her every step—an ancient tribal myth come-to-life, one that’s intent on devouring her whole.
 
With strange and sinister happenings occurring around the casino, Anna starts to suspect that not all the horrors on the reservation are old. As girls begin to go missing and the tribe scrambles to find answers, Anna struggles with her place on the rez, desperately searching for the key she’s sure lies in the legends of her tribe’s past.  
When Anna’s own little sister also disappears, she’ll do anything to bring Grace home. But the demons plaguing the reservation—both ancient and new—are strong, and sometimes, it’s the stories that never get told that are the most important.
Part gripping thriller and part mythological horror, author Nick Medina spins an incisive and timely novel of life as an outcast, the cost of forgetting tradition, and the courage it takes to become who you were always meant to be.

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    April 18, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9780593675540
      • File size: 275124 KB
      • Duration: 09:33:10

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 13, 2023
      Who’s responsible for the disappearance of members of Louisiana’s Takoda tribe? That question, inspired by the real-life epidemic of disappearances of Native Americans in both the U.S. and Canada, drives the plot of Medina’s pulse-pounding debut. Anna Horn, one of the few from the Takoda reservation to attend high school in the nearby town, is routinely subject to bullying and harassment. Anna is also troubled by the disappearance several months earlier of 19-year-old best friends Erica Landry and Amber Bloom, who also lived on the reservation. She’s skeptical that the teens just ran off, and fears their fate is linked to an older mystery: 10 years earlier, Shelby Mire, “the last of the Takoda tribe’s official singers and Legend Keepers,” was murdered, an unsolved crime that still haunts the surviving tribe members. Then, after someone else close to Anna vanishes, she searches frantically for answers, unsure whether the disappearances are linked to a new casino that the police suspected would attract riffraff or if something supernatural is at play. Medina resolves the plot well and gracefully weaves real-life concerns about disappearing Native people into the whodunit plot. This author is off to a strong start. Agent: Amanda Orozco, Transatlantic Agency.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Elva Guerra portrays Anna Horn, an Indigenous teen who lives on her tribe's reservation and cleans at the local casino. Haunted by her people's myths and bullied by classmates and family alike, Anna becomes witness to the strange disappearances of young women who visit Suite 808 of the casino. When her tormentor and younger sister, Grace, becomes one of the missing, Anna risks everything to face her fears, find out what's going on, and bring Grace home. Guerra's measured pace and level tone perfectly depict a victimized teen who is seeking to make a difference and to be heard. Guerra's tone accurately paints the monotony and despair of reservation life. Author Nick Medina lends his voice to an author's note decrying the all-too-real plight of lost Indigenous women in this country. L.M.G. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      June 10, 2024

      Medina's debut uses monsters found in the dark to bring real-world issues to light. Anna Horn, a senior in high school and a member of Louisiana's Takoda Nation, is misunderstood by her family and bullied at school. As a Two Spirit person with both a masculine and a feminine spirit, she wonders about her place in life and among her people. Anna is drawn into a mystery when local girls, including her sister Grace, start disappearing from the reservation. She desperately tries to find her sister but is horrified when a disembodied carnivorous head--a monster straight out of her people's folklore--begins to chase her down. Two Spirit Indigenous narrator Elva Guerra gives voice to Anna, providing her with a youthful tone while also communicating the exhaustion she feels from shouldering her family's and her nation's troubles. Medina, a member of the Tunica-Biloxi Nation, offers an emotional glimpse into Anna's disintegrating family while illustrating larger issues affecting Indigenous communities, including problems introduced by casinos and widespread disappearances of Indigenous women. VERDICT Straight-up supernatural horror fans may be disappointed that mystical elements take a backseat, but Medina's real-world horrors are more frightening than anything from beyond the grave.--James Gardner

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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