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Sheine Lende: A Prequel to Elatsoe (Elatsoe, 2) Hardcover – April 16, 2024

by Darcie Little Badger (Author), Rovina Cai (Illustrator)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
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Shane works with her mother and their ghost dogs, tracking down missing persons even when their families can’t afford to pay. Their own family was displaced from their traditional home years ago following a devastating flood – and the loss of Shane’s father and her grandparents. They don’t think they’ll ever get their home back.

Then Shane’s mother and a local boy go missing, after a strange interaction with a fairy ring. Shane, her brother, her friends, and her lone, surviving grandparent – who isn’t to be trusted – set off on the road to find them. But they may not be anywhere in this world – or this place in time.

Nevertheless, Shane is going to find them.

Darcie Little Badger’s Elatsoe launched her career and in the years since has become a beloved favorite. This prequel to Elatsoe, centered on Ellie’s grandmother, deepens and expands Darcie’s one-of-a-kind world and introduces us to another cast of characters that will wend their way around readers’ hearts.
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  1. Reading age
    12 - 18 years
  2. Book 2 of 2
    Elatsoe
  3. Print length
    400 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    7 - 12
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 1.25 x 8.55 inches
  7. Publisher
    Levine Querido
  8. Publication date
    April 16, 2024
  9. ISBN-10
    1646143795
  10. ISBN-13
    978-1646143795
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"A magical journey like nothing you've ever read before. Stunning!"―Chris Abouzeid at Belmont Books



[STAR] “Revelatory.” – Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred)



? “With elements of Lipan Apache oral history, fantasy, and mysteries, the captivating novel Sheine Lende follows found and inherited family members as they persevere.” – Foreword (starred)



“Gritty, luminous… beguiling.” – Shelf-Awareness



“Epic.” – Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

About the Author

Darcie Little Badger is a Lipan Apache writer with a PhD in oceanography. Her critically acclaimed debut novel, Elatsoe, was featured in TIME as one of the best 100 fantasy books of all time. Elatsoe also won the Locus Award for Best First Novel and was a Nebula, Ignyte, and Lodestar finalist. Her second fantasy novel, A Snake Falls to Earth, received the Newbery Honor, was a LA Times Book Prize Finalist, and was longlisted for the National Book Award. Darcie is married to a veterinarian named Taran and splits time between California and Texas.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Levine Querido (April 16, 2024)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1646143795
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1646143795
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 - 18 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 12
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.62 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.25 x 8.55 inches
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Darcie Little Badger is a Lipan Apache writer with a PhD in oceanography. Her critically acclaimed debut novel, Elatsoe, was featured in Time Magazine as one of the best 100 fantasy novels of all time. Darcie's short fiction, nonfiction and comics have appeared in multiple places, including Marvel's Voices: Indigenous Voices #1, Nightmare Magazine, Strange Horizons, and The Dark.

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Glenn J
5.0 out of 5 stars Magical realism, family
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2024
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"And Shane whispered to her father, "Why is this happening to us? What did we do to deserve this? He looked her in the eyes - his face was gaunt now, his cheekbones were too sharp, and his chin was rough with patchy stubble, but is expression was so tender - and he said, "Nothing. Tragedies aren't punishments."

Darcie Little Badger delivers another 5 star read. Her writing and her stories sing to my soul.

This is the third book I've ready by this author. Elatsoe is in my top three favorite books of all time. I read A Snake Falls to Earth last year and was again simply blown away by the storytelling. In Sheine Lende, we get a prequel to Elatsoe and we spend time with Shane, Ellie's grandmother, as she navigates high school, a part time job at a pizza place, and assisting her mother Lorenza in finding the missing. We follow Shane, her little brother Marcos, her mother Lorenza, her best friend Amelia, and Shane's recently returned grandfather Louis. When Lorenza goes missing while searching for two lost children. it's up to Shane to find her.

My absolute favorite thing about this book, and all of this author's works, is the clear respect each of the main characters have for each other. Children respect their elders and the elders respect the children. When a character shares their truth, they are listened to and believed. This goes for friendships as well. I just can't describe how much this means to me. My second favorite thing are the pets, both living and dead and how they are members of the family and who love and are loved so deeply. The connections between the human characters and the natural world are so strong and meaningful. The supernatural elements are so much fun, and I love they way they are just accepted by everyone, even people who can't see or feel them.

I recommend this book and this author to everyone. I would say that I think reading Elatsoe before reading this one helped me to understand the world building more than I would have otherwise, but if you go into this one blind I still think there is so much to enjoy.
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Sarah
4.0 out of 5 stars A fun return to the world of Elatsoe!
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2024
Getting to return to the world of Elatsoe was a real treat! In Sheine Lende, we follow Elatsoe's grandmother, Shane, as she works in search and rescue with their dogs-- ghostly and real. While the magic isn't nearly as present in Sheine Lende, Darcie Little Badger still does an amazing job of exploring the way this power shapes the lives of her characters, and I have a deep appreciation for the way she writes teenage girls. They are both serious and frivolous, courageous and frightened, and they are forced to deal with some of the real traumas of life in believable ways.

This story is gripping from the beginning, and the story is told well enough that readers don't have to read Elatsoe before diving into this one (but they definitely should read it!). Little Badger pulls on her family's stories, especially those of her mother, to create a realistic portrayal of the experiences of an indigenous family in the 1970s. The distrust of the government, the loss of culture due to time and more nefarious efforts, and the pervasive nature of memories are all there in Shane's stories. That this book mirrors Elatsoe in its progression I think is a nice touch, and the epilogue connecting the two title characters brings everything full circle. I would love to see more stories set in this world, but I also think that with these two books, it stands as complete and fulfilling.

My one negative for Sheine Lende is the pacing. In the middle it felt like there was never time to catch our breath. It made the reading experience a bit exhausting as we're jumping from state to state and crisis to crisis. It mellows out once they get back to Texas and the rescue mission resumes, but then the ending seems a bit rushed. None of that takes away from my overall enjoyment of this book, and I would highly recommend it for anyone from middle school through adult!
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JeffreyDurbin
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Prequel and Fascinating World
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2024
Sheine Lende is set in the same magical realistic version of the US that Elatsoe is. Sheine Lende follows Shane as she searches for a young boy who has gone missing as well as her mother who disappeared while searching for the boy.

Darcie Little Badger does a fantastic job at writing this accessible fantasy mystery. I am not a huge fantasy reader so I love when things are set in a fairly modern/familiar setting, this makes it so much easier to follow along. If you’ve read Elatsoe, this story was a lot less direct action but I felt this fit the story much better. We had more questions that needed to be solved and a bit more of a journey that was made rather than fight scenes and subterfuge.

I was fortunate enough to receive the audiobook for this and I thought Kinsale Hueston did spectacularly. I love listening to Fantasy on audio (it really helps me visualize the world), and I especially appreciate books featuring language and culture not my own in audio format as well. Hueston really brings some of the indigenous language and stories to life with their narration.

I also really appreciated where and how this book stands in the Elatsoe universe. Sheine Lende could probably be read before Elatsoe if someone was interested in reading chronologically, only the end/epilogue mentions Ellie, the main character of Elatsoe. Reading these in publication order though allows the reader to make little connections while Sheine Lende unfolds. Darcie Little Badger still uses the epilogue to bring things full circle though if you happened to miss some of the connections yourself.

Things that (especially) worked for me:
- the world building! I love learning more about this universe and the various types of magic within it
- during Shane’s journey, there are some POV changes from the third person that is used throughout the story and then some first person POV. I loved this and thought the first person really brought an extra layer to this part of the story
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