Seattle cop Joanne Walker learns that she has the powers of a shaman, and only has three days to learn to use them, or else the mythical "wild hunt" will destroy the world.
This news of being named an [ALA] Alex Award winner is especially sweet because I, personally, know what it means to be included into a world of free access to books, which has been my real family since the first day of the first grade, when I stepped into the bookmobile.