The Buddha of Lightning Peak

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.