Shards of Silence gardening Native Hoops tells a story

Native Hoops tells a story of hope

Makoons weaves a narrative rich with environmental stewardship

Jason Mancini

bilingual account

until he stumbles into a corrupted town and a city of talking crows that push him to move beyond his lost memories

Shards of Silence gardening Native Hoops tells a storyIn 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