The Quiet Butterfly

<p><strong>Neepa Irving has two main goals in life: to not get pregnant like her mother did at sixteen years old and to graduate high school.</strong></p><p class=ql-align-center> </p><p>Neepa's other goal: to avoid being bullied. Her strategy has been to not be seen or heard but no matter where she's lived-on the reservation or in the city-bullies find her. </p><p><br></p><p>When her grandmother kicks out Neepa and her mother for good they are back on the road. This time they head to Colorado to start <em>another</em> new life. While unpacking she discovers poems from her deceased grandfather reminding her to listen to nature's wisdom as her Native ancestors did. </p><p><br></p><p>Soon Neepa is fighting school bullies as well as the bully within-her ego that fills her head with lies. How will her grandfather's indigenous writings help her? And when her mother messes up again where will they go next? </p><p><br></p><p>No matter what Neepa does it seems her life will never be okay.</p>