Wandering Stars

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ''Wandering Stars is the kind of book that saves lives'' Kaveh Akbar, author of Martyr! ''Among the tragedy .... there is redemption and humanity. It''s a stunning book'' Dua Lipa, Service95 Book of the Month A heart-rending story of a Native American community told through the generations Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion prison castle where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by an evangelical prison guard, who will go on to found the Carlisle Indian Industrial school, dedicated to the eradication of Native history, culture and identity. Years later, Star''s son, Charles, is sent to this school, where he is brutalised by the same man. Together with fellow student Opal Viola, Charles envisions a future far away from the institutional