The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry Yakama the Kirkus Prize

the Kirkus Prize

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this publication is structured through a series of scores for thirteen contemporary female Indigenous performing artists: Laura Ortman

The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry Yakama the Kirkus PrizeAnna Rose Johnson is a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Lucy, a spirited French Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse keepersand, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seekingSelena Lucy Landry (named for a ship, as every sailors child should be) has been frightened of the water ever since she lost her father at sea. But with no