SISTERS IN THE WIND

From the internationally-acclaimed and bestselling author Angeline Boulley comes an explosive story about seeking vindication from a past that won't let you go.

Lucy Smith is on the edge of eighteen and on the run. The lam is a much better place to be than the Michigan foster system; after seven years, she's a big believer in "better the devil you don't." When sharp and kind-eyed Mr. Jameson tracks her down, with an interest in her case and her safety, she can't help but wonder if things might be different now. But old and hidden enemies continue to threaten any hope of a normal life, and soon she's under investigation with the feds.

Lucy isn't sure who she can trust, even Mr. Jameson's "friend-not-friend", a tall and fierce-looking woman who says Lucy has a sister and more siblings and a grandmother who'd look after her and a home where she could be loved. Lucy, aware of her Ojibwe heritage but little else, learns that the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) should have been followed so her mother's relatives could have had an opportunity to take Lucy in after her father's death. But years of hell in foster care have taught her to be smart, cautious. She knows she can clear her name from the explosions that have followed her everywhere, but saving the people she cares for is a risk that might cost Lucy her life.

Angeline Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is a storyteller who writes about her Ojibwe community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. She was selected as an emerging Young Adult writer in the 2019 We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) Mentorship Program, chosen to attend the upcoming Tin House YA Writers Workshop and will be featured on an upcoming episode of the podcast "88 Cups of Tea." Angeline is the Director of the Office of Indian Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Her career has focused on improving the education of Native American students at the tribal, state, regional, and national levels. She is a frequent public speaker about Indian education, youth suicide prevention, student assessment data, and tribal community empowerment. She lives and works in the Washington, D.C. area, but her home will always be on Sugar Island.