• Age: 10 to 13
• Grade: 5 to 8
• Reading age: 11 to 13

Lightfinder is a YA fantasy novel about Aisling, a young Cree woman who sets out into the wilderness with her Kokum (grandmother), Aunty and two young men she barely knows. They have to find and rescue her runaway younger brother, Eric. Along the way she learns that the legends of her people might be real and that she has a growing power of her own.
The story follows the paths of Aisling and Eric, siblings unwittingly thrust into a millennia old struggle for the future of life on earth. It deals with growing up, love and loss, and the choices life puts in our path. Love and confusion are in store, as are loss and pain. Things are not always what they seem and danger surrounds them at every turn.
Will Raven's mysterious purposes prevail? With darkness closing in how will they find the light to guide them? Will Aisling find Eric in time?

Aaron Paquette is First Nations/Métis. He is married, has children and is visited by a shadowy dark raven called depression. Despite that, or because of it, he hopes to share what a gift every day can be. Lightfinder is Paquette’s debut fantasy novel for young adults. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta.

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With an artist's eye and a storyteller's soaring imagination, Aaron Paquette has written a page-turner. I found myself rooting hard for Aisling, Eric and their beloved Kokum. This book is a hugely engaging cautionary tale: the stakes are high if we keep giving in to our appetites. But there is great light in Lightfinder. Congratulations, Aaron, on this strong debut.
-Shelagh Rogers O.C.,
Host, co-creator "The Next Chapter" CBC Radio One
As a fan of Aaron Paquette's dazzling artwork, I am in awe of the vision and craft behind The Lightfinder Saga. If you loved Stephen King's The Stand and the worlds that Neil Gaiman can create, you will love these characters who are fighting for humanity's survival. Bravo!
-Richard Van Camp,
author of The Lesser Blessed, Angel Wing Splash Pattern and Godless but Loyal to Heaven.

Lightfinder by Aaron Paquette

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