Gives Light
by:
Rose Christo (author)
"Skylar is my name, tragically." Sixteen-year-old Skylar is witty, empathetic, sensitive--and mute. Skylar hasn't uttered a single word since his mother died eleven years ago, a senseless tragedy he's grateful he doesn't have to talk about. When Skylar's father mysteriously vanishes one summer...
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"Skylar is my name, tragically." Sixteen-year-old Skylar is witty, empathetic, sensitive--and mute. Skylar hasn't uttered a single word since his mother died eleven years ago, a senseless tragedy he's grateful he doesn't have to talk about. When Skylar's father mysteriously vanishes one summer afternoon, Skylar is placed in the temporary custody of his only remaining relative, an estranged grandmother living on an Indian reservation in the middle of arid Arizona. Adapting to a brand new culture is the least of Skylar's qualms. Because Skylar's mother did not die a peaceful death. Skylar's mother was murdered eleven years ago on the Nettlebush Reserve. And her murderer left behind a son. And he is like nothing Skylar has ever known.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781479373444 (1479373443)
ASIN: 1479373443
Publish date: 2012-09-25
Publisher: CreateSpace
Pages no: 284
Edition language: English
Series: Gives Light (#1)
This was one beautiful YA story. Mute teenager Skylar starts his new life in the Nettlebush reserve and had top gave not only a difficult past, but very recent events, fears and yes, somewhat typical and atypical teenage and coming-of-age problems. The story is beautifully written, with a lot of sen...
I knew I was going to love Gives Light, because it combined two of my favorite things; m/m romances and Native American characters. I feel that there isn't enough diversity in YA fiction, so kudos to Rose Christo for including Native characters! In fact, there is a lot of diversity in this book. We ...
BR with my girl, Sonia.3.5 starsWell, this was…. nice. I enjoyed reading this, even though I did have some issues with it, but I will get to that later. Let me start with all the things I did like.I loved the connection between Skylar and Rafael. I loved how Rafael always understood the mute Skylar....
Beautiful story. The Native American culture. The way Raphael always seemed to know what Skylar was thinking. Their story isn't complete and I look forward to reading more of this series.