"A fast-paced historical novel [that] adds a memorable perspective to Native American literature for teens...This narrative vividly brings to life suffering among the ten thousand Navajo people captured and mistreated before the Bosque Redondo Treaty in 1868. Tingle, an enrolled Oklahoma Choctaw member, makes the past feel contemporary. This exciting novel will be enjoyed by readers interested in stories about hidden, unjustly imprisoned, or marginalized teens who seek to escape and get justice."-- "VOYA"
"Tingle, a Choctaw storyteller, spins a good yarn and, along with other respectful references to Navajo culture, ingeniously leverages its particular aversion to mention of or contact with the dead to magnify the terror of Danny's climactic challenge...A positive tribute to the fortitude of Danny and his Navajo community."-- "Kirkus Reviews"