A review by cass_lit
Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina

4.25

This was such a well done YA about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women epidemic. Anna is a high school senior who has always believed some monster to be responsible for all of the women who have gone missing on the reservation since she was young. As girls her age begin to be the ones disappearing, culminating in her younger sister’s disappearance, Anna begins to realize the true extent of the violence and the racism that keeps this issue so prevalent. I also loved the brief discussion that touched on two-spirits. 

This is not an easy read, but it’s real. There’s a little bit of a twist at the end, as you (or at least I) believe the story to be over before something is revealed. I was happy it turned out the way it did, but I would’ve completely understood the alternate ending as well. Nick Medina’s author’s note at the end encapsulated everything I was thinking about it and I think it’s a really important takeaway — so many people out there are still grieving and searching for loved ones. 

The alternating timelines were a tad difficult for me to follow because they ended up so close, not that they even started out very far apart. 
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