FromNationalBookAwardfinalistBrandonHobson,akaleidoscopicmiddle-gradeadventurethatmixestheanxieties,friendships,andwondersofaCherokeeboy’slifewithCherokeehistoryandlore.ZiggyhasANXIETY.Partlythisisbecauseofthewayhismindworks,andhowoverwhelmedhecangetwhenotherpeople(especiallyhisclassmateAlice)areintheroom.Andpartlyit’sbecausehismotherdisappearedwhenhewasveryyoung,makingheroneofmanyNativewomenwho’vegonemysteriouslymissing.Ziggyandhissister,Moon,wantanswers,butnobodyaroundcangivethem.OnceZiggygetsitinhisheadthatcluestohismother’sdisappearancemaybefoundinanearbycave,there’snostoppinghimfromgoingthere.AlongwithMoon,Alice,andhisbestfriend,Corso,hesetsoutonamind-bendingadventurewherehe’lldiscoverhisstoryistiedtoallthestoriesoftheCherokeesthathavecomebeforehim.Ziggymightnothaveanycontroloverthepast--butifhelearnsthelessonsofthestorytellers,hemightbeabletobettershapehisfutureandfindthefriendsheneeds.
