Death in the Tallgrass
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Levine Querido
Published:15th Oct '26
£13.99
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The author of the Walter Award-winning Man Made Monsters and the Caldecott Medal-winning ChoochHelped delivers a thriller that reads like Holes for a new generation—a murder mystery interwoven with Cherokee history and culture.
The hills of northeastern Oklahoma. 1968. Cynthia and her family have moved onto their grandfather's ranch in the hills of Oklahoma. There's any number of problems she can see with her new situation, but the main one is plain: Grandfather Wilson is not a good man. But with her sisters and her parents—and the opportunity to reconnect with her Cherokee heritage—it's at least manageable.
Until a strange girl shows up on the ranch and Cynthia's life is changed forever. For she soon realizes that death lurks within the beautiful prairie grass around them...and a terrible secret that will tear their family apart if she lets it.
From the matchless pen of Andrea L. Rogers comes a story as sharp as the unseen blade and as soft as a baby chick, impossible to let go.
“With Cherokee stories shared between chapters, readers are immersed in the heritage as well as the time and will be rooting for Cynthia to figure out the truth about Violet. Hand this to readers looking for a little mystery in their historical fiction.” –– SLJ
“The tension in this atmospheric novel builds all the way to the end… Rogers gradually amps up the intensity, and the (subtly revealed) denouement is shocking… This is not a ghost story, but it is haunting.” –– Horn Book
"Weaves together multiple story threads in expert fashion, keeping the tension high and the pace propulsive… Rogers precisely crafts compelling characters, illuminates harsh truths about America’s Indigenous genocide, and tells a gripping story.” –– Booklist
“Distinctive characters populate a carefully layered plot interspersed with informative chapters exploring the region’s history, Cherokee cultural touchstones, and even the dangers of poisonous snakes hidden in the grass. It’s an affecting portrait of a family reckoning with its past.” –– Publishers Weekly
ISBN: 9781646146345
Dimensions: 210mm x 140mm x 33mm
Weight: unknown
192 pages