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"Reading Tessa's Dance blurs the line between dreamtime and what is known as realtime. Tessa makes the dream become real in each moment with each line of the book." 
~ Eduardo Duran, PhD, Author of Healing the Soul Wound, Buddha in Red Face, and Native American Postcolonial Psychology


"Remarkable and enthralling . . .
deserves to be read by everyone in this country!"

~ Paula Joan Caplan, PhD, Author of When Johnny and Jane Come Marching Home, and They Say You're Crazy

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In Tessa's Dance a strong-hearted Yakama Indian girl and a mixed-blood psychologist ride a wild horse past methamphetamine and gang violence to discover friendship, healing and the importance of tradition. 

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In Signal Peak, the sequel to Tessa's Dance, a tragedy tears the family apart, creating a hole big enough for a vintage Chevy Bel Air to drive through. And who is the mysterious driver
at the wheel?

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