vibrantly illustrated by Pura Belpre Award winner and Caldecott Honoree Juana Martinez-Neal

Nine geographical areas cover a variety of communities such as the Mohawk in the Northeast

and wild hope

ethnography and anthropology

turning story that's as deeply rendered as it is thrilling

The Beet Queen young adult vibrantly illustrated by Pura BelpreOn a spring morning in 1932, young Karl and Mary Adare arrive by boxcar in Argus, North Dakota. After being orphaned in a most peculiar way, they seek refuge in the butcher shop of their aunt Fritzie and her husband, Pete; ordinary Mary, who will cause a miracle, and seductive Karl, who lacks his sister's gift for survival, embark upon an exhilarating life journey crowded with colorful, unforgettable characters and marked by the extraordinary magic of