The Last Karankawas

"Vivid . . . Garza's accomplished debut enriches the public imagination of this corner of America, and the communities within." Melissa Chadburn, The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)A blazing and kaleidoscopic debut about a tight-knit community of Mexican and Filipino American families on the Texas coast from a voice you won't soon forget.Welcome to Galveston, Texas. Population 50,241.A popular tourist destination and major shipping port, Galveston attracts millions of visitors each year. Yet of those who come to drink by the beach, few stray from the boulevards to Fish Village, the neighborhood home to individuals who for generations have powered the island.Carly Castillo has only ever known Fish Village. Her grandmother claims that they descend from the Karankawas, an extinct indigenous Texan tribe, thereby tethering them to Galveston. But as Carly ages, she begins to imagine a life elsewhere, undefined by her...