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May 11, 2021 · When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, he knows he’s in for a pretty uneventful summer. Still, he loves spending time with Nali, and with his uncle Jet—though it’s clear when Jet arrives that he brings his problems with him.
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May 11, 2021 · The deeply grounded and original perspective of this story brings readers into both the worlds of Navajo blessing songs, rain songs, and traditional healing and everyday family relationships. Hands readers a meaningful new take on family love.
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Published in 2021, Brian Young’s Healer of the Water Monster is a middle-grade magical realism/fantasy novel. Nathan, an 11-year-old Navajo boy, thinks summer at his grandmother’s home on the reservation will be dull, but then a water monster from the Navajo creation story asks for his help restoring rain to the desert.
Still, he loves spending time with Nali and with his uncle Jet, though it’s clear when Jet arrives that he brings his problems with him. One night, while lost in the nearby desert, Nathan finds someone extraordinary: a Holy Being from the Navajo Creation Story—a Water Monster—in need of help.
Healer of the Water Monster. Brian Young’s (Navajo) debut novel, a contemporary Navajo hero’s journey, features a seemingly ordinary boy who must save the life of a Water Monster—and help his uncle sufering from addiction—by discovering his own bravery and boundless love. An outstanding debut!
May 11, 2021 · Still, he loves spending time with Nali and with his uncle Jet, though it’s clear when Jet arrives that he brings his problems with him. One night, while lost in the nearby desert, Nathan finds...
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Healer of the Water Monster. by Brian Young. 4.23 · 1,398 Ratings · 284 Reviews · published 2021 · 13 editions. When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at he…. Want to Read.
