“A timely and lushly drawn story about fearless young women blazing new paths for themselves and Mother Earth.”
Courtney Maum, author of The Year of the Horses
Four Girls. Four Directions. One Purpose.
The Dreamcatcher Codes, the award-winning, debut novel from writer and filmmaker Barbara Newman builds cultural bridges, unity, and hope, and illuminates two critical issues of our times: climate change and girls claiming their voices and vital place in the world.
“A Wrinkle In Time for a new generation.”
Grace Agnew, author, Sanctuary
“This book is a work of art. It is medicine for the soul, and it is frankly glorious.”
— Clare DuBois, founder, www.TreeSisters.org
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Barbara Newman has a fierce love for the natural world. She lives in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts with her family, where she walks the riverbanks, roams the forests, and sits wrapped in a blanket under the stars (only if it’s warm enough). This book is her love letter to Mother Earth and all of her daughters.
"Barbara Newman is a visionary. Using her pen like an artist uses her brush, she creates landscapes that take us out of ourselves and into worlds of wonder. I flew with the girls through lush pink skies and over the stunning beauty of the open desert. And I didn’t want to stop.”
Jana Laiz, award-winning author of The Twelfth Stone.
"Now, more than ever, teenage girls need to step into the possibilities of who they are and have the potential to become. The Dreamcatcher Codes invites them to cultivate their imaginative power and explore how Mother Nature, along with the deep and nurturing bonds of sisterhood, can guide them to know themselves, and connect to their own strengths. At an age when girls are seeking to belong, this mythic and empowering story helps them discover how nature is a part of all of us. The author ingeniously interweaves messages of wisdom and insights from a culturally diverse array of ancient traditions that honor our common humanity as caretakers of our planet, and of each other.”
—Ellen Feig Gray, M.A. Parent Coach, Developmental Psychologist, Author, TEDx Speaker
“Weaving magic and womanhood with love of our beautiful planet, the writer has brought a story to life I wish I’d been able to read as a young girl. The Dreamcatcher Codes will inspire you to speak up for what is right, to have hope and above all…be brave... just like a cowgirl.”
-Adrian Brannan singer/songwriter, author Dear Cowgirl