When six-year-old Laurel Taylor vanishes without a trace her family is left shattered
struggling to navigate the darkness of grief and unanswered questions. As their search turns to
despair Laurel?s older sister Nadine begins experiencing nightmares that blur the line
between dream and reality and she becomes convinced that Laurel?s disappearance could be
connected to other family tragedies. Guided by her elders Nadine sets out to uncover whether
laying the ghosts to rest is the key to finding her sister and healing her fractured family.
Carson Faust captivates in this chilling literary debut that confronts the specter of
colonization and the generational scars it leaves on Native American families. Steeped in
Indigenous folklore and drawing from the author's own family history If the Dead Belong Here
examines what it means to be haunted?both by the supernatural and terrors of our own making.
Faust crafts a powerful kaleidoscopic tale about the complicated legacies of violence that
shape our present the importance of honoring our past and the resilience of a family?and a
people?determined to heal from old wounds.
