An Expanse of Blue Inuit held in common across at

held in common across at least forty-five Indigenous tribes and nations

I stand in the midst of creation's wheel

Growing up

not for anything that counted at least

and returns the embodiment and perpetuation of Intermountain Indian School students' everyday acts of resurgence

An Expanse of Blue Inuit held in common across atA powerful, romantic debut novel in verse about a Native Hawaiian girl's fight to find belonging in a fracturing family, sharing a message of love with resounding emotional truth. Aouli Elizabeth Smith is adrift: unheard at home and an unbeliever at church, fighting her sister and losing her best friend. Overflowing with feeling, she pours her secrets and herself into her song journal when the world threatens to sweep her away. The one place she feels