Race to the Sun - Rebecca Roanhorse Taschenbuch

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Indigenous fantasy writer Rebecca Roanhorse's thrilling adventure about a Navajo girl who discovers she's a monsterslayer. *Fans of Hugo and Nebula winner Roanhorse will appreciate her fast-paced prose page-turning chapter endings and most of all strong female protagonist.--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Lately seventh grader Nizhoni Begay has been able to detect monsters like that man in the fancy suit who was in the bleachers at her basketball game. Turns out he's Mr. Charles her dad's new boss at the oil and gas company and he's alarmingly in terested in Nizhoni and her brother Mac their Navajo heritage and the legend of the Hero Twins. Nizhoni knows he's a threat but her father won't believe her. When Dad disappears the next day leaving behind a message that says Run! the siblings and Nizhoni's best friend Davery are thrust into a rescue mission that can only be accomplished with the help of Diné Holy People all disguised as quirky characters. Their aid will come at a price: the kids must pass a series of trials in which it seems like nature itself is out to kill them. If Nizhoni Mac and Davery can reach the House of the Sun they will be outfitted with what they need to defeat the ancient monsters Mr. Charles has unleashed. But it will take more than weapons for Nizhoni to become the hero she was destined to be . . . Timeless themes such as the importance of family and respect for the land resonate in this funny fast-paced and exciting quest adventure set in the American Southwest. Endorsed by Rick Riordan author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians soon to be a series on Disney+.