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A wonderful novel of a present-day teen and her 'patch-work tribe.--School Library Journal Rain's observations are appealingly wry, and readers ...will find food for thought in this exploration of cultural identity. --The Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books

"""A wonderful novel of a present-day teen and her 'patch-work tribe."" -- School Library Journal ""Rain's observations are appealingly wry, and readers ...will find food for thought in this exploration of cultural identity. "" -- The Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books"

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Cynthia Leitich Smith is the bestselling, acclaimed author of books for all ages, including Rain Is Not My Indian Name, Indian Shoes, Jingle Dancer, On a Wing and a Tear, Sisters of the Neversea, the Blue Stars series, Harvest House, and Hearts Unbroken, which won the American Indian Youth Literature Award. Cynthia is also the anthologist of Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids and was named the NSK Neustadt Laureate. She is the author-curator of Heartdrum, a Native-focused imprint at HarperCollins Children's Books, and served as the Katherine Paterson Endowed Chair on the faculty of the MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Cynthia is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation and lives in Denton and Austin, Texas.

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