Book description
A living legend roosting in the backyard. An unmissable game. A hair-raising mystery. A road trip full of adventure and danger. And all the overlapping circles that connect us throughout Creation.
Melanie “Mel” Roberts and Ray Halfmoon may be from different Indigenous Nations, but the friends have become like siblings…
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1 author picked On a Wing and a Tear as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This was my favorite children's book of the year, a road trip story about an Indigenous family from Chicago traveling to Georgia with a talking bat and squirrel who need to attend a mythic ballgame between the animals. It was hilarious and original and a glimpse into Muksogee and Cherokee and other first nations in modern times. I absolutely loved it!
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