along with some truly humorous moments

They talk and they cuddle

Amik's language student and assistant

coming together in the manifold power and beauty of the poet's voice

Shards of Silence Nakota along with some truly humorousIn his first YA novel, award winning author Brian Lee Young (Din) bridges the generational divide between a Navajo teen at an elite prep school and his great grandmother's experience at a federal boarding school for Indigenous students. The book is an eye opening call for community healing and a profound coming of age story. Even if it hurts to leave behind his friends and family in Navajo, New Mexico especially his great grandmother, Mildred Derrick