Granted, they *look* like people, but they feel weird to her, and tend to have creepy red eyes. In Race to the Sun, Nizhoni Begay realizes that she is seeing monsters. So having said that – I was afraid to get my hopes up for this, Roanhorse’s middle grade debut. I’m certain it’s a difficult balance, particularly if you’re used to writing for adults, but it’s definitely one that too many struggle with. The voices sometimes don’t sound authentic – either it feels like they’re trying too hard, or like they’re (unintentionally) talking down to their audience. However, I was also a little nervous about this book – it is not uncommon for authors who started out in adult titles to really struggle writing middle grade. I truly enjoyed the cultural aspect she brought to those titles, and was absolutely thrilled that she was getting so much recognition. I came to this particular title as a fan of Roanhorse’s Sixth World series.
I’m also super pleased that, in reading Race to the Sun, it was just as good as I’d hoped it would be. As a reader, as a bookseller, as a book *lover*, it makes my heart happy that this exists, and that Riordan is using his considerable voice to help boost others without that same amount of wattage. He goes on to say, in the intro to Race to the Sun, “ No one has suffered from this more than Native and Indigenous peoples.”. As Riordan himself says, “The point of Rick Riordan Presents is to publish and promote great voices from cultures that have been too often marginalized or erased by mainstream culture.”. I also mentioned, briefly, the Rick Riordan Presents imprint. So I wrote yesterday about using my platform to share books by marginalized authors.
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