The Tragedy of Beauty by Kildare
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Snowden, North Dakota is a small reservation town, seemingly forgotten by the rest of the nation, and even the rest of its own state. Dylan Erickson is half white and half Chippewa and has lived in this place his entire life. He doesn’t see the decay caused by the economic decay, he sees the beauty of the prairie, the woods and the streams and he wouldn’t change it for the world. That’s why he gets so distraught when big machinery and hordes of workers start streaming in. They are chasing the oil boom, desperate to make money and turn a profit. But they do not care that in their quest for money, they will ruin the land and change the face of Snowden dramatically.
The story is told through the lens of this young seventeen-year-old boy and we see how he (and the rest of the town) struggles to come to terms with all the rapid changes. The story was dramatic, and full of wide-ranging emotions that will strike at your heartstrings.


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