ELATSOE

Kinsale Hueston's youthful tone shapes the narration of this young adult ghost mystery. This is a story of a Lipan Apache teenager and her dead dog solving the mystery of her cousin's death. Hueston's fairly quick and steady delivery keeps pace with Elatsoe, known as Ellie, who is always on the go, always figuring things out in her secretive town filled with magic and monsters. Hueston gives Ellie a fearless tone to start, and a slight perkiness appears as the story unfolds. Instead of an eerie mood, given the storyline, there is warmth amid the moments of adolescent probing. Together, Ellie and Hueston remind us that we all have a bit of youthful curiosity. T.E.C. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2020]