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Crosshairs, Catherine Hernandez

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on September 24, 2020 by Mary WoodburySeptember 24, 2020

Set in a terrifyingly familiar near-future, with massive floods leading to rampant homelessness and devastation, a government-sanctioned regime called The Boots seizes on the opportunity … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Dystopian, LGTBQ+, Science Fiction | Tagged Catherine Hernandez | Leave a reply

Death of a River Guide, Richard Flanagan

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on September 1, 2020 by Mary WoodburySeptember 1, 2020

Aljaz Cosini is leading a group of tourists on a raft tour down Tasmania’s wild Franklin River when his greatest fear is realized—a tourist falls … Read more

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Betty, Tiffany McDaniel

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on August 31, 2020 by Mary WoodburyAugust 31, 2020

“A girl comes of age against the knife.” So begins the story of Betty Carpenter. Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a Cherokee father … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Cultural/Regional, Historical, Literary, YA/Teen | Tagged Tiffany McDaniel | Leave a reply

The Veins of the Ocean, Patricia Engel

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on August 31, 2020 by Mary WoodburyAugust 31, 2020

Set in the vibrant coastal and Caribbean communities of Miami, the Florida Keys, Havana, Cuba, and Cartagena, Colombia, with The Veins of the Ocean Patricia … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Cultural/Regional, Literary, Woman's | Tagged Patricia Engel | Leave a reply

The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on August 29, 2020 by Mary WoodburyAugust 29, 2020

This book follows four childhood friends ten years after an elk hunt gone wrong. Some of them leave the rez, while others stay, and the … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Cultural/Regional, Fantasy, Horror, Indigenous, Suspense/Thriller | Tagged Stephen Graham Jones | Leave a reply

Elatsoe, Darcie Little Badger

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on August 29, 2020 by Mary WoodburyAugust 29, 2020

Little Badger’s debut novel, “Elatsoe”… is a young adult fantasy about a 17-year-old Lipan Apache girl who can awaken the ghosts of dead animals and … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Fantasy, Indigenous, LGTBQ+, Magical Realism, Mystery, YA/Teen | Tagged Darcie Little Badger | Leave a reply

Crooked Hallelujah, Kelli Jo Ford

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on August 29, 2020 by Mary WoodburyAugust 29, 2020

Crooked Hallelujah tells the stories of Justine–a mixed-blood Cherokee woman– and her daughter, Reney, as they move from Eastern Oklahoma’s Indian Country in the hopes … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Historical, Indigenous, LGTBQ+, Literary, Woman's | Tagged Kelli Jo Ford | Leave a reply

Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest, Rebel Girls

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on August 25, 2020 by Mary WoodburyDecember 20, 2021

From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes the historical novel based on the life of Dr. Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Peace … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Children's, Cultural/Regional, Flora, Historical, Woman's | Tagged Rebel Girls | Leave a reply

Animal’s People, Indra Sinha

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on August 20, 2020 by Mary WoodburyAugust 20, 2020

Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People looks at the Bhopal gas explosion in India – one of the most horrific environmental disasters of the 20th-century. A poisonous … Read more

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Forbidden Fruit, Stanley Gazemba

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on July 22, 2020 by Mary WoodburyJuly 22, 2020

The idea for Forbidden Fruit came to me in the expansive garden of an old colonial bungalow in Nairobi’s Lavington Estate, where I was then … Read more

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The Octopus and I, Erin Hortle

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on July 14, 2020 by Mary WoodburyJuly 14, 2020

A stunning debut novel set on the Tasmanian coast that lays bare the wild, beating heart at the intersection of human and animal, love and … Read more

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The Seed Thief, Jacqui L’Ange

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on July 12, 2020 by Mary WoodburyJuly 12, 2020

Jacqui L’Ange’s debut novel, The Seed Thief, will be made into a film. According to The Reading List, rights to the novel have been bought by indie … Read more

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The Deep Blue Between, Ayesha Harruna Attah

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on June 28, 2020 by Mary WoodburyJune 28, 2020

Twin sisters Hassana and Husseina’s home is in ruins after a brutal raid. But this is not the end but the beginning of their story, … Read more

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Blaze Island, Catherine Bush

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on June 23, 2020 by Mary WoodburyJune 23, 2020

Climate change is both an external and internal phenomenon in Catherine Bush’s brilliant new novel, Blaze Island. Set on an island off the coast of … Read more

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Seasonal Series, Ali Smith

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on June 22, 2020 by Mary WoodburyJune 22, 2020

Echoing Keats’s famous ode, the book is punctuated by placid country scenes of grain being harvested, birds flying south, days growing shorter and nights longer … Read more

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