2. Recovering the Sacred

Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming (Winona LaDuke, 2005)

I read this book for a discussion group on campus during the Martin Luther King Jr. Days of Dialogue on campus. Winona LaDuke also spoke on campus, but I was on the reference desk during her keynote.

It's hard to describe Recovering the Sacred because it really spans many themes. Of course it centers on native culture, but it made me think a little differently about environmentalism and agriculture. I recommend this one.

1. The Plain Janes

The Plain Janes (Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg, coming May 2007)

The story seemed promising, but never really paid off. I'll have to check out the final edition when it comes out later this year to see if anything changes. The idea of a city girl looking for her niche in the suburbs is nothing new, but the addition of the attack she survived made it a little different. I just wasn't sold on the voices of the characters. It was very obviously adults writing for teens and not quite getting it right. I think I should check out Castellucci's other work to see if I like it any better.