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THE REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK - A literary-thriller murder mystery, set within a Native American community for fans of Firekeeper's Daughter, Sadie and the One of Us Is Lying series by a debut own voices author

Since moving to the Blackfeet Reservation with her parents, Mara Racette has felt…

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Looking for Smoke is a thriller, set on the Blackfeet reservation. It is no wonder why this book was chosen as the Fall YA pick for the Reese Book Club. Looking for Smoke is told in five different points of view, one of which is a mystery voice. Cobell's writing is exceptional in it's depth of character and the ability to make each POV distinct and palpable. I was drawn into a world I know so little about. There simply are not enough books out there from indigenous authors. We certainly need more like this one. I was captured until…

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