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Shards of silence / Brian Lee Young.

Young, Brian Lee, (author.).

Summary:

"Even if it hurts to leave behind his friends and family in Navajo, New Mexico--especially his great-grandmother, Mildred--Derrick knows his scholarship to an elite East Coast boarding school is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Sagefield Academy is totally different from life on the rez: His new classmates vacation in Europe and take study drugs. Derrick wants to stick to caffeine, but handling sports, school, and a twenty-page term paper, all while dodging comments about his hair and heritage, feels straight-up impossible. Back home, Másání Mildred's health is fading quickly. On the phone, she begs Derrick to leave Sagefield. When he realizes her fear comes from her time in federal Native boarding schools, he knows he's finally found the term paper theme he believes in: carrying her voice into the future. Derrick will need to shatter a steadfast generational silence to untangle his great-grandmother's memories--though her story might change him, and his family, forever." -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063229082
  • ISBN: 0063229080
  • Physical Description: 329 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2026]

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General Note:
Includes glossary.

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Subject:
Boarding schools > Fiction.
Indian youth > Fiction.
Academic achievement > Fiction.
Grandmothers > Fiction.
Genre:
Coming-of-age fiction
School fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Novels.
Young adult fiction.

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  • 18 of 24 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 3 of 4 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library YA FIC YOUNG (Text) 36015002704654 Young Adult New Fiction Available -
Richlands Branch Library YA FIC YOUNG (Text) 36015002704712 Young Adult New Fiction Checked out 07/27/2026
Sneads Ferry Branch Library YA FIC YOUNG (Text) 36015002704779 Young Adult New Fiction Available -
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