The Buddha of Lightning Peak

By Yudron Wangmo

Sometimes it seems like no one has seventeen-year-old Dee Adair's back. She's got enough stress dealing with her little bro being locked up, a heartless homophobic grandmother, and an ex-girlfriend who gives her trouble every time they cross paths. Now, sacred Lighting Peak--her only place of peace--is scheduled for destruction. Bulldozers and dynamite are poised to excavate the mine, massacring the animals who live there in the process. Matrika Shergill, the mine's hot no-nonsense owner, couldn't care less about the furry little darlings. Dee must find the inner strength from her meditation practice to weather violence and betrayal--and harness the power of friendship--if she is to save Lightning Peak. Discouraged by apathetic adults, pursued by murderous goons, inspired by a sage, and yearning for love, she presses onward. The Buddha of Lightning Peak forges the transformational journey of an imperfect African-American lesbian teen lit up by the heroic promise to help all living things no matter what.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0996924132
• ISBN13: 9780996924139
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Sidney Skinner
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary