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Shadows Left Behind: Ghosts, Romance, and Basketball on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation
Where does the spirit of a girl from Oregon named May go when she dies in a tuberculosis sanitorium for Indian children in Idaho and is buried far from home? What happens when she begins to pass on her guardian spirit many years later to a teenage Nez Perce girl named Jessica but then decides she instead wants Jessica’s life?
In Shadows Left Behind, a young-adult novel, we follow the passage of a small bone-handled pocketknife, a power object that attracts the guardian spirit Jessica is to receive. Will she be ready when called on to use the special power of her guardian spirit? Failure may mean death. Can her friends help her find a way to return the knife to May’s long-lost brother and help May join her ancestors in the Afterworld? Only then can Jessica become who she is meant to be.
Plot events are seen from the viewpoint of a third main character, a white boy named his first-love romance with Jessica, his role in Jessica’s spiritual journey, the bigotry he and his friends and teammates encounter off the reservation, their humor, language, and adherence to traditional customs. Shadows Left Behind vividly takes you into a dynamic, yet often hidden part of America.
In Shadows Left Behind, a young-adult novel, we follow the passage of a small bone-handled pocketknife, a power object that attracts the guardian spirit Jessica is to receive. Will she be ready when called on to use the special power of her guardian spirit? Failure may mean death. Can her friends help her find a way to return the knife to May’s long-lost brother and help May join her ancestors in the Afterworld? Only then can Jessica become who she is meant to be.
Plot events are seen from the viewpoint of a third main character, a white boy named his first-love romance with Jessica, his role in Jessica’s spiritual journey, the bigotry he and his friends and teammates encounter off the reservation, their humor, language, and adherence to traditional customs. Shadows Left Behind vividly takes you into a dynamic, yet often hidden part of America.
314 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 10, 2016
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December 4, 2019
I appreciate that this book was gifted to me by the author, Scott Wilson.
November 10, 2016
Heartfelt
This a warm and captivating story with a strong and seemingly true sense of place, time and culture. I enjoyed the many characters and their development in the story. Historical references added to the story and were well placed. At times, while exciting, the basketball action was confusing. None the less, I highly recommend this book to young and old adults.
This a warm and captivating story with a strong and seemingly true sense of place, time and culture. I enjoyed the many characters and their development in the story. Historical references added to the story and were well placed. At times, while exciting, the basketball action was confusing. None the less, I highly recommend this book to young and old adults.
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