"Healer of the Water Monster" with READRunners Book Club

Join the READRunners Book Club for a discussion on Brain Young's Healer of the Water Monster along with craft activities and snacks!

About the 2022 Santa Fe Reads Middle-Reader selection

Healer of the Water Monster

American Indian Youth Literature Award Winner: Best Middle Grade Book! Brian Young’s powerful debut novel tells of a seemingly ordinary Navajo boy who must save the life of a Water Monster—and comes to realize he’s a hero at heart.

When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, he knows he’s in for a pretty uneventful summer, with no electricity or cell service. Still, he loves spending time with Nali and with his uncle Jet, though it’s clear when Jet arrives that he brings his problems with him.

One night, while lost in the nearby desert, Nathan finds someone extraordinary: a Holy Being from the Navajo Creation Story—a Water Monster—in need of help.

Now Nathan must summon all his courage to save his new friend. With the help of other Navajo Holy Beings, Nathan is determined to save the Water Monster, and to support Uncle Jet in healing from his own pain.

About the READRunners Book Club

A LOCAL SANTA FE, NM BOOK CLUB FOR AGES 9 – 12,

RUN BY 9 - 12 YEAR OLDS!

READ BOOKS, MEET FRIENDS, TALK BOOKS!

Meetings held at the La Farge branch of Santa Fe Public Library

2022 Santa Fe Reads

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

El proyecto NEA Big Read es una iniciativa del National Endowment for the Arts (el Fondo Nacional para las Artes de Estados Unidos) en cooperación con Arts Midwest.