![]() ![]() ![]() VERDICT A modern-day fable with real-world significance, perfect for magical realism fans and fantasy lovers alike.-Elissa Bongiorno, Washington, DC Oli and his friends are delightful to read about, while Nina's human concerns and love for her grandmother shine. Following traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structure, this is an entertaining and illuminating look at how traditions and magic can exist in the modern world. Magic and monsters combine with internet stardom and hurricane warnings to create a wonderful fable set in modern-day Texas. ![]() When Oli's frog friend and Nina's grandmother are endangered because of climate troubles on Earth, their lives intertwine. Lost and beset upon by monsters, he eventually makes a home on the banks of a bottomless lake, where he befriends a frog and two coyote twins. Oli is a young cottonmouth, sent away by his mother to find his own way. ![]() As she hones her videos over the years, she also works to decipher tales of her family's history-stories full of animal people and the Reflecting World. Nina is a Lipan girl living in Texas, a budding documentarian working to find her voice. Gr 7-10-Little Badger's sophomore effort is an atmospheric, world-straddling, dual-narrative tale laced with themes of climate change, family, and identity. ![]()
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